Authenticated administrator escalation via user role manipulation
Published Apr 16, 2021 · Updated Aug 3, 2024
Improper privilege management in Siemens Mendix allows remote authenticated users to gain administrative privileges by altering user roles. The published record identifies manipulation of the user role as the faulty operation but does not disclose the affected function or request. Valid non-administrative credentials and application-specific circumstances are required; successful exploitation grants administrative privileges.
Summary
What happened
Improper privilege management in Siemens Mendix allows remote authenticated users to gain administrative privileges by altering user roles. The published record identifies manipulation of the user role as the faulty operation but does not disclose the affected function or request. Valid non-administrative credentials and application-specific circumstances are required; successful exploitation grants administrative privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-27394
- Published
- Apr 16, 2021
- Updated
- Aug 3, 2024
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- Mendix
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Apr 16, 2021CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 3, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=All versions < V7.23.19
- Affected versionversion=All versions < V8.12.5
- Affected versionversion=All versions < V8.17.0
- Affected versionversion=All versions < V8.6.9
- Affected versionversion=All versions < V9.0.5
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