Privilege Escalation Affecting solidus_backend package, versions <1.1.0.pre2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUBY-SOLIDUSBACKEND-20472
  • published10 Jan 2018
  • disclosed6 Oct 2015
  • creditAndrew Thal

Introduced: 6 Oct 2015

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade solidus_backend to version 1.1.0.pre2 or higher.

Overview

solidus_backend is Admin interface for the Solidus e-commerce framework.

Affected versions of the package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. A lower-level admin can change the email address of a higher-level admin to an email address they have access to, and as a result they will gain access to the admin's permissions.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1