CVE-2011-4961

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4961
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-17 17:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionSilverStripe 2.3.x before 2.3.12 and 2.4.x before 2.4.6 allows remote authenticated users with the EDIT_PERMISSIONS permission to gain administrator privileges via a TreeMultiselectField that includes admin groups when adding a user to the selected groups.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.0 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.1 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.10 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.11 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.2 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.3 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.4 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.5 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.6 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.7 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.8 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.3.9 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.4.0 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.4.1 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.4.2 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.4.3 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.4.4 All All All
Application Silverstripe Silverstripe 2.4.5 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
2.3.12 - Changelogs - Framework - SilverStripe Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.silverstripe.org Vendor Advisory
2.4.6 - Changelogs - Framework - SilverStripe Documentation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 doc.silverstripe.org Vendor Advisory
BUGFIX Avoid privilege escalation from EDIT_PERMISSIONS to ADMIN thro… · silverstripe/silverstripe-framework@de1f070 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Patch
oss-security - Re: CVE-request: SilverStripe before 2.4.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - CVE-request: SilverStripe before 2.4.4 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
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