# CVE-2012-2315: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Authenticated users can escalate privileges to administrator by improperly changing user roles in OpenKM.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N`)
- **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:** 9 Sep 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8v9j-x5gc-mg8x

## 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: 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:

- OpenKM Document Management System 5.1.7 - Command Execution (exploitdb)

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- [CVE-2019-11445](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11445/): File upload in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2012-2316](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2316/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2024-35475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-35475/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-2315 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-2315 exists.

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-2012-2315/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2315/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2315
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2315
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2315

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2315/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.