Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 9, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-2315

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.

Affected products

Openkm/Openkm2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:openkm:openkm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:openkm:openkm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=5.1.7
- cpe:2.3:a:openkm:openkm:5.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

secunia.com/advisories/47424nvdVendor Advisory
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0007.htmlnvd
archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0021.htmlnvd
osvdb.org/78105nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/6nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/23/8nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/27/6nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/13nvd
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/04/2nvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/51250nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/72112nvd

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