Authenticated administrator escalation via unfiltered role parameter
Published Mar 14, 2025 · Updated Mar 17, 2025
Mass assignment in Camaleon CMS before 2.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges through password changes. UsersController#updated_ajax passes the entire password parameter set through permit! to User#update, allowing an added role attribute to be written. Any limited-privilege account that can invoke the password-change endpoint can assign itself the administrator role and obtain full CMS control.
Summary
What happened
Mass assignment in Camaleon CMS before 2.9.1 allows remote authenticated users to gain administrator privileges through password changes. UsersController#updated_ajax passes the entire password parameter set through permit! to User#update, allowing an added role attribute to be written. Any limited-privilege account that can invoke the password-change endpoint can assign itself the administrator role and obtain full CMS control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2304
- Published
- Mar 14, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 17, 2025
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- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-915, CAPEC-77, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
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- Mar 14, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 17, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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