Privilege escalation via form generator
CVE-2021-37627

8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Contao

Status
Contao
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 August 2021

What is CVE-2021-37627?

Contao is an open source CMS that allows creation of websites and scalable web applications. In affected versions it is possible to gain privileged rights in the Contao back end. Installations are only affected if they have untrusted back end users who have access to the form generator. All users are advised to update to Contao 4.4.56, 4.9.18 or 4.11.7. As a workaround users may disable the form generator or disable the login for untrusted back end users.

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Affected Version(s)

contao < 4.4.56 < 4.4.56

contao >= 4.5.0, < 4.9.18 < 4.5.0, 4.9.18

contao >= 4.10.0, < 4.11.7 < 4.10.0, 4.11.7

References

https://github.com/contao/contao/security/advisories/GHSA...
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https://contao.org/en/security-advisories/privilege-escal...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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