SilverStripe before 2.4.2 allows remote authenticated users to change administrator passwords via vectors related to admin/security.
- Published
- Aug 26, 2012
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.1% · 64th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-264
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Action score
16
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 16 / 40 · 4.0 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.1%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| silverstripe | silverstripe | cpe:2.3:a:silverstripe:silverstripe |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- silverstripe silverstripeup to 2.4.1 inclusive
- silverstripe silverstripe2.0.0
- silverstripe silverstripe2.0.1
- silverstripe silverstripe2.0.2
- silverstripe silverstripe2.1.0
- silverstripe silverstripe2.1.1
- silverstripe silverstripe2.2.0
- silverstripe silverstripe2.2.1
- silverstripe silverstripe2.2.2
- silverstripe silverstripe2.2.4
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.0
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.1
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.10
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.2
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.3
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.4
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.5
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.6
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.7
- silverstripe silverstripe2.3.8
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- CVE-2019-5715All versions of SilverStripe 3 prior to 3.6.7 and 3.7.3, and all versions of SilverStripe 4 prior to 4.0.7, 4.1.5, 4.2.4, and 4.3.1 allows R39Monitor
- CVE-2019-12437In SilverStripe through 4.3.3, the previous fix for SS-2018-007 does not completely mitigate the risk of CSRF in GraphQL mutations,35Monitor
- CVE-2020-6164In SilverStripe through 4.5.0, a specific URL path configured by default through the silverstripe/framework module can be used to disclose t31Monitor
- CVE-2020-9280In SilverStripe through 4.5, files uploaded via Forms to folders migrated from Silverstripe CMS 3.x may be put to the default "/Uploads" fol31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-264 · Permissions, Privileges, and Access ControlsCVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- doc.silverstripe.org/sapphire/en/trunk/changelogs//2.4.2
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/30/1
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/30/3
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/01/3
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.