Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- OpenKM Document Management System 5.1.7 - Command Execution EDB-18888 · webapps · Jan 3, 2012 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- [oss-security] 20120323 CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120504 Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) mailing-list
- 51250 vdb-entry
- 20120103 OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120323 Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) mailing-list
- 20120104 Re: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20120504 Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) mailing-list
- openkm-userpermissions-security-bypass(72112) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20120427 Re: CVE-request: OpenKM 5.1.7 Privilege Escalation / OS Command Execution (XSRF based) mailing-list
- 47424 third-party-advisory
- 78105 vdb-entry