Vulnerability CVE-2020-15248


Published: 2020-11-23

Description:
October is a free, open-source, self-hosted CMS platform based on the Laravel PHP Framework. In October CMS from version 1.0.319 and before version 1.0.470, backend users with the default "Publisher" system role have access to create & manage users where they can choose which role the new user has. This means that a user with "Publisher" access has the ability to escalate their access to "Developer" access. Issue has been patched in Build 470 (v1.0.470) & v1.1.1.

Type:

CWE-863

(Incorrect Authorization)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Octobercms -> October 

 References:
https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/78a37298a4ed4602b383522344a31e311402d829
https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-rfjc-xrmf-5vvw

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