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GHSA-xpff-c35g-j3cr

silverstripe/framework Privilege Escalation Risk in Member Edit form

Medium Packagist
Severity
6.5 / 10
Medium · CVSS 3.1
Exploit chance (EPSS)
—
No score published
Known exploited
No
Not in CISA's catalog
Weakness
CWE-268 Privilege Chaining
Fix
3.5.8
Upgrade silverstripe/framework to this version or later

Description

A member with the permission EDIT_PERMISSIONS and access to the "Security" section is able to re-assign themselves (or another member) to ADMIN level.

CMS Fields for the member are constructed using DirectGroups instead of Groups relation which results in bypassing security logic preventing privilege escalation.

Affected versions

Packagist

PackageVulnerableFixed in
silverstripe/framework
>= 3.5.7-rc1, < 3.5.8
3.5.8
silverstripe/framework
>= 3.6.0-rc1, < 3.6.6
3.6.6
silverstripe/framework
>= 4.0.0-rc1, < 4.0.4
4.0.4
silverstripe/framework
>= 4.1.0-rc1, < 4.1.1
4.1.1

How to fix

Move to the fixed version or later with your package manager, update the lockfile, and run your tests. If the package only arrives through another dependency, upgrade that dependency first. If none of its releases pulls a fixed version yet, force the version with your package manager's override.

silverstripe/framework Packagist → 3.5.8

composer
composer require silverstripe/framework:^3.5.8

Severity breakdown

CVSS 3.1 6.5

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

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Weakness

CWE-268: Privilege Chaining

Two distinct privileges, roles, capabilities, or rights can be combined in a way that allows an entity to perform unsafe actions that would not be allowed without that combination.

How to prevent it
  • Architecture and Design: Consider following the principle of separation of privilege. Require multiple conditions to be met before permitting access to a system resource.
  • Architecture and Design, Operation: Very carefully manage the setting, management, and handling of privileges. Explicitly manage trust zones in the software.
  • Architecture and Design, Operation: Run your code using the lowest privileges that are required to accomplish the necessary tasks [REF-76]. If possible, create isolated accounts with limited privileges that are only used for a single task. That way, a successful attack will not immediately give the attacker access to the rest of the software or its environment. For example, database applications rarely need to run as the database administrator, especially in day-to-day operations.

References

Timeline

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