CVE-2012-2315

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-09-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

OpenKM: through 5.1.7; 5.1.8

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

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