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CVE-2012-2315 json

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 rem…

published 2012-09-09 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-2308

cvss
4.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.2%
EPSS 6.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-18888)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-18888 OpenKM Document Management System 5.1.7 - Command Execution webapps, 2012-01-03

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

Sources

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