CVE-2012-2315 Privilege escalation in n/a
Authenticated users can escalate privileges to administrator by improperly changing user roles in OpenKM.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-2315?
CVE-2012-2315 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Sep 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
admin/Auth in OpenKM 5.1.7 and other versions before 5.1.8-2 does not properly enforce privileges for changing user roles, which allows remote authenticated users to assign administrator privileges to arbitrary users via the userEdit action.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2315?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Openkm Openkm.
How do I fix CVE-2012-2315?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-2315 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-2315 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-2315 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8v9j-x5gc-mg8x.