Permission changes via undisclosed privilege assignment flaw
Published Dec 2, 2022 · Updated Feb 23, 2026
Incorrect privilege assignment in M-Files Web before 22.5.11436.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause unintended permission changes. M-Files has not published the affected request, function, or privilege-assignment operation that mishandles permission data. Reachability requires an already highly privileged account and a separate user action; the disclosed consequence is limited unauthorized data access.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect privilege assignment in M-Files Web before 22.5.11436.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause unintended permission changes. M-Files has not published the affected request, function, or privilege-assignment operation that mishandles permission data. Reachability requires an already highly privileged account and a separate user action; the disclosed consequence is limited unauthorized data access.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4270
- Published
- Dec 2, 2022
- Updated
- Feb 23, 2026
- Vendor
- M-Files
- Product
- M-Files Web
- Classifications
- CWE-269, CAPEC-122
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 2, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <22.5.11436.1
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