REDAXO before 5.21.4 Missing Authorization in Version and History Previews
- 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- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean?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
- Fix
- Fixed in 5.21.4
- 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
Summary
REDAXO, an open-source content management system, is affected by a missing authorization flaw in its version and history preview features. Backend users, including those with rollback permissions, can view unpublished or historic article content they should not have access to, such as deleted material and draft versions.
Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.
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REDAXO core before 5.21.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the structure/version and structure/history frontend preview modes, which do not check category or clang permissions for the previewed article. Any backend user, or one holding history[article_rollback], can set rex_version or rex_history_date with arbitrary article_id values to read unpublished working versions and historic or deleted content.
Timeline
- CVE published
- First seen by cve.now
Affected versions
- redaxo core
fixed in 5.21.4