CVE-2021-43835

HIGH7.2EPSS 0.32%

Privilege escalation in the Sulu Admin panel

Published: 12/15/2021Modified: 3/13/2026
Also known as:GHSA-84px-q68r-2fc9

Description

### 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](https://github.com/sulu/sulu/issues) * Email us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected])

Affected packages (1)

CVSS scores

SourceVersionSeverityVector
osvCVSS 3.1HIGH7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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