MEDIUM
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 Sep 9, 2012
4.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 6.22%
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
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
6.22% 0.06218
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.06218
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 6.22% (0.06218) | 93.32th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 6.22% (0.06218) | 92.60th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 11, 2026 | 7.21% (0.07213) | 91.66th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 18, 2025 | 8.34% (0.08342) | 91.85th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.84% (0.11842) | 93.08th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.32% (0.06318) | 84.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 12.42% (0.12419) | 93.35th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 73.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 71.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 31, 2023 | 0.36% (0.00364) | 68.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.26% (0.00263) | 62.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 77.03th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 75.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.81% (0.01815) | 54.30th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (11)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0007.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0021.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://osvdb.org/78105 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47424 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/8 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/27/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/13 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51250 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72112 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0007.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0021.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://osvdb.org/78105 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/47424 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/8 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/27/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/13 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/2 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51250 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72112 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Sep 9, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Apr 19, 2012
Link CVE-2012-2315
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a