Privilege Escalation Affecting october/october package, versions >=1.0.319, <1.0.470


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (15th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-OCTOBEROCTOBER-1044028
  • published24 Nov 2020
  • disclosed24 Nov 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Nov 2020

CVE-2020-15248  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade october/october to version 1.0.470 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. 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.

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