# CVE-2010-5094: Missing authorization in n/a

> Remote attackers can delete critical files like index.php without admin permissions, disrupting URL routing and causing denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:** 26 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-mrh8-ggvf-h4jx

## What is CVE-2010-5094?

CVE-2010-5094 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Silverstripe Silverstripe, published on 26 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The deleteinstallfiles function in control/ContentController.php in SilverStripe 2.3.x before 2.3.7 does not require ADMIN permissions, which allows remote attackers to delete index.php and "disrupt mod_rewrite-less URL routing."

Weakness: CWE-264

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-5094?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Silverstripe Silverstripe.

## How do I fix CVE-2010-5094?

No fix has been published for CVE-2010-5094 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2010-5094 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Silverstripe Silverstripe

- [CVE-2007-2321](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2321/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2019-12204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12204/): Missing warning can lead to unauthenticated admin access in SilverStripe (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5715](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5715/): Silverstripe Framework SQLi Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-12437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-12437/): Silverstripe CSRF Protection Bypass via GraphQL (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-6164](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-6164/): Silverstripe CMS information disclosure (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2010-5094 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2010-5094 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Silverstripe Silverstripe, published on 26 Aug 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-5094 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Silverstripe Silverstripe. 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-2010-5094/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5094/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-5094
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-5094
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2010-5094

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-5094/
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