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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2018-14836

Medium
6.5/10

Summary

Subrion up to 4.2.1 is vulnerable to Improper Access control because user groups not having access to the Admin panel are able to access it (but not perform actions) if the Guests user group has access to the Admin panel.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published