VDB-114044 · CVE-2017-18213 · OpenVAS 892648

Exponent CMS up to 2.4.1 Patch 5 access control

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A vulnerability was found in Exponent CMS up to 2.4.1 Patch 5 (Content Management System) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In Exponent CMS before 2.4.1 Patch #6, certain admin users can elevate their privileges.

The bug was discovered 03/03/2018. The weakness was shared 03/04/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at exponentcms.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-18213 since 03/03/2018. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying the patch 2.4.1 Patch 6 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068

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Remote: Yes

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OpenVAS ID: 892648
OpenVAS Name: Exponent CMS 2.4.1 Patch 5 - Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Upgrade: github.com
Patch: 2.4.1 Patch 6

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03/03/2018 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: exponentcms.org
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-18213 (🔍)

Entryinfo

Created: 03/04/2018 18:36
Updated: 02/16/2023 18:14
Changes: 03/04/2018 18:36 (61), 01/10/2020 10:36 (1), 02/16/2023 18:14 (4)
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