CVE-2020-15248CWE-863

Privilege escalation by backend users assigned to the default "Publisher" system role

Medium · published November 23, 2020

CVSS v3.1
4.0
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
4.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00313 · 22.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-863 · Incorrect Authorization
Published
2020-11-23T19:40Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 23 NOV 19:40Z
    Privilege escalation by backend users assigned to the default "Publisher" system role
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