CVE-2019-12617 SilverStripe Priviledge escalation through cache pollution

What is CVE-2019-12617?

CVE-2019-12617 is a low-severity vulnerability in Silverstripe Silverstripe, published on 26 Sep 2019. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In SilverStripe through 4.3.3, there is access escalation for CMS users with limited access through permission cache pollution.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-12617?

4 open source packages ship an affected version, including silverstripe/framework. It affects 1 product.

Products include Silverstripe Silverstripe.

How do I fix CVE-2019-12617?

Upgrade silverstripe/framework to a fixed version for your release line: 4.3.5 or 4.4.4.

Is CVE-2019-12617 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-12617 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Silverstripe Silverstripe

• CVE-2007-2321 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2019-12204 Missing warning can lead to unauthenticated admin access in SilverStripe Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-5715 Silverstripe Framework SQLi Vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-12437 Silverstripe CSRF Protection Bypass via GraphQL High 8.8
• CVE-2020-6164 Silverstripe CMS information disclosure High 7.5

All Silverstripe Silverstripe vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6r58-4xgr-gm6m.