Privilege escalation in the Sulu Admin panel

Impact

Impacted are only users which already have access to the admin UI. Over the API it was possible for them to give themselves permissions to areas which they did not already had. This issue was introduced in 2.0.0-RC1 with the new ProfileController putAction.

Patches

The versions have been patched in 2.2.18, 2.3.8 and 2.4.0.

Workarounds

Patching the ProfileController of affected sulu versions yourself by overwriting it.

References

Are there any links users can visit to find out more?

Currently not.

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

• Open an issue in sulu/sulu repo
• Email us at [email protected]