SilverStripe before 2.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to change administrator passwords via vectors related to admin/security.

published 2012-08-26 14y ago modified 2026-06-16 4mo ago also EUVD-2010-5054

cvss: 4.0; version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

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Exploit prediction

1.09% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	2.0	4.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2012/05/01/3
mailing-list
doc.silverstripe.org /sapphire/en/trunk/changelogs//2.4.2
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2012/04/30/1
mailing-list
openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2012/04/30/3
mailing-list

Sources

CVE List CVE-2010-5090
NVD CVE-2010-5090

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