Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU31781

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in SilverStripe GraphQL Server and SilverStripe recipe-cms - CVE-2020-6165

Published: July 23, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU31781

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2020-6165

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the automatic permission checking mechanism does not provide complete protection against lists that are limited. A remote attacker can add records that should fail the permission check to the final result set.

Affected software

SilverStripe GraphQL Server
SilverStripe recipe-cms

How to mitigate CVE-2020-6165

Install updates from vendor's website.

SilverStripe GraphQL Server - addressed in versions 3.2.4, 3.3.0
SilverStripe recipe-cms - addressed in versions 4.5.3, 4.6.0

External References

https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/CVE-2020-6165

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