CVE-2012-2315

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2315
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-09-09 21:55:07 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionadmin/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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Openkm Openkm 5.1.8 All All All
Application Openkm Openkm All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
OpenKM Authentication Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Security Advisory SA47424 - OpenKM User Permission Security Bypass Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0021.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0007.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
osvdb.org/78105 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 osvdb.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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