Privilege Escalation Affecting october/october package, versions >=1.0.319, <1.0.470
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (12th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PHP-OCTOBEROCTOBER-1044028
- published 24 Nov 2020
- disclosed 24 Nov 2020
- credit Unknown
Introduced: 24 Nov 2020
CVE-2020-15248 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade october/october to version 1.0.470 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Privilege Escalation. 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.