CVE-2021-47701
OpenBMCS User Management Privilege Escalation
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: partial
Summary
OpenBMCS 2.4 allows an attacker to escalate privileges from a read user to an admin user by manipulating permissions and exploiting a vulnerability in the update_user_permissions.php script. Attackers can submit a malicious HTTP POST request to PHP scripts in '/plugins/useradmin/' directory.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- OPEN BMCS OpenBMCS
2.4