CVE-2020-15248 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Reference

https://github.com/octobercms/october/commit/78a37298a4ed4602b383522344a31e311402d829 https://github.com/octobercms/october/security/advisories/GHSA-rfjc-xrmf-5vvw

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

HIGH

User Interaction Required

HIGH

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

LOW

Availability Impact

LOW

Base Score

LOW

Base Severity

4.2