# CVE-2010-4215: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated users can escalate privileges by modifying topic preferences in Foswiki, allowing unauthorized access to administrative functions.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Nov 2010
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g9m3-q24q-m9q6

## What is CVE-2010-4215?

CVE-2010-4215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

UI/Manage.pm in Foswiki 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain privileges by modifying the GROUP and ALLOWTOPICCHANGE preferences in the topic preferences for Main.AdminGroup.

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-4215?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Foswiki Foswiki.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-4215?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-4215 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-4215 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2013-1666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1666/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-24698](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-24698/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-33756](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33756/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2026-2861](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-2861/): Foswiki Changes/Viewfile/Oops information disclosure (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2009-1434](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-1434/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-4215 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-4215 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 16 Nov 2010. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-4215 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4215/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4215/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4215
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4215
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-4215

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4215/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.