CVE-2018-16704 Gleez CMS Vulnerability Allows Forced Browsing to Profile Page of Other Users

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Logged-in users can view other users' profile pages via insecure direct object reference, exposing private user data.

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-2018-16704?

CVE-2018-16704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in Gleez CMS v1.2.0. Because of an Insecure Direct Object Reference vulnerability, it is possible for attackers (logged in users) to view profile page of other users, as demonstrated by navigating to user/3 on demo.gleezcms.org.

Weakness: CWE-639

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-16704?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including gleez/cms. It affects 1 product.

PackageAffectedFixed in
gleez/cms PackagistAll versions to 1.2.0None
gleez/cms PackagistAll versions to 1.2.0None

Products include Gleeztech Gleezcms.

How do I fix CVE-2018-16704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-16704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2018-16704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-16704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-hh92-wg7v-8vfr.

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