Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Contao - CVE-2021-37627
Published: August 16, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU55861
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-37627
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote administrator to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly impose security restrictions in the form generator, which leads to security restrictions bypass and privilege escalation.
Affected software
Contao
How to mitigate CVE-2021-37627
Install updates from vendor's website.
Contao - addressed in versions 4.4.56, 4.9.18, 4.11.7