CVE-2020-15248

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Summary

CVECVE-2020-15248
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-11-23 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2021-11-18 16:28:00 UTC
DescriptionOctober is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. In October CMS from version 1.0.319 and before version 1.0.470, backend users with the default "Publisher" system role have access to create & manage users where they can choose which role the new user has. This means that a user with "Publisher" access has the ability to escalate their access to "Developer" access. Issue has been patched in Build 470 (v1.0.470) & v1.1.1.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-269

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Octobercms October All All All All
Application Octobercms October All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Tightened up the default permissions granted to the "Publisher" syste… · octobercms/october@78a3729 · GitHub MISC github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Privilege escalation by backend users assigned to the default "Publisher" system role · Advisory · octobercms/october · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Third Party Advisory
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