CVE-2012-2315 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

admin/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.

Published: 2012-09-09

Score: 4.0 Medium

EPSS: 8.3% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:openkm:openkm::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:openkm:openkm:5.1.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08342.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0007.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0021.html
http://osvdb.org/78105
http://secunia.com/advisories/47424
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/8
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/27/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/13
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51250
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72112

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Openkm Openkm

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-09-09T21:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T19:26:09.023Z

Reserved: 2012-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2315

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-09-09T21:55:07.197

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2315

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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