CVE-2012-2315
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.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
OpenKM Document Management System 5.1.7 - Command Execution
References
- 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
- 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
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.