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CVE-2012-2315
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…
Medium4.0EPSS 6.2%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- [oss-security] 20120323 CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120504 Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 51250 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20120103 OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120323 Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20120104 Re: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120504 Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- openkm-userpermissions-security-bypass(72112) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20120427 Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 47424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 78105 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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