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Exponent CMS 2.4 uses PHP reflection to call a method of a controller class, and then uses the method name to check user permission

Published Nov 4, 2016

Description

Exponent CMS 2.4 uses PHP reflection to call a method of a controller class, and then uses the method name to check user permission. But, the method name in PHP reflection is case insensitive, and Exponent CMS permits undefined actions to execute by default, so an attacker can use a capitalized method name to bypass the permission check, e.g., controller=expHTMLEditor&action=preview&editor=ckeditor and controller=expHTMLEditor&action=Preview&editor=ckeditor. An anonymous user will be rejected for the former but can access the latter.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 4, 2016
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Nov 4, 2016
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a