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CVE-2024-36042

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-06-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-288

Description

Silverpeas before 6.3.5 allows authentication bypass by omitting the Password field to AuthenticationServlet, often providing an unauthenticated user with superadmin access.

Affected products

• Silverpeas: before 6.3.5 — fixed in 6.3.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Silverpeas 6.3.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://gist.github.com/ChrisPritchard/4b6d5c70d9329ef116266a6c238dcb2d
• https://github.com/Silverpeas/Silverpeas-Core/tags
• https://silverpeas.org/
• https://gist.github.com/ChrisPritchard/4b6d5c70d9329ef116266a6c238dcb2d
• https://github.com/Silverpeas/Silverpeas-Core/tags
• https://silverpeas.org/

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