Unauthenticated superadmin access via missing password
Published Jun 3, 2024 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Authentication bypass in Silverpeas before 6.3.5 allows remote attackers to obtain superadmin access by omitting the Password field. AuthenticationService treated any credential with a null password as externally authenticated and selected login-and-domain authentication. No account or user interaction is required; successful exploitation creates an authenticated session with the selected user's privileges, often superadmin.
Summary
What happened
Authentication bypass in Silverpeas before 6.3.5 allows remote attackers to obtain superadmin access by omitting the Password field. AuthenticationService treated any credential with a null password as externally authenticated and selected login-and-domain authentication. No account or user interaction is required; successful exploitation creates an authenticated session with the selected user's privileges, often superadmin.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-36042
- Published
- Jun 3, 2024
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Silverpeas
- Product
- Silverpeas
- Classifications
- CWE-288, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 3, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <6.3.5
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- AuthenticationServlet missing-password proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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