CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-56721
8.7 HIGH
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- Status
- Deferred
- Published
- 2026-08-11
- Last modified
- 2026-10-24
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 4.0 ([email protected])
- 8.7 HIGH — CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-639
Description
CamaleonCMS version 2.9.2 and earlier contains a privilege escalation vulnerability via insecure direct object reference (IDOR) that allows authenticated low-privileged attackers to overwrite any user's credentials by exploiting a parameter confusion flaw between the authorization filter and action body in the UsersController. Attackers can send a PATCH request to the updated_ajax endpoint setting params[:id] to their own user ID to pass the self-authorization check while simultaneously setting params[:user_id] to a victim's ID, causing the controller to load and mutate the victim's account, including overwriting administrator passwords to achieve full site takeover.
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key weakness
References
- https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms github.com
- https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/commit/26345034523a505cb01615509b7f0a665e89ae3e github.com
- https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/pull/1185 github.com
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/camaleoncms-privilege-escalation-via-parameter-confusion-in-userscontroller www.vulncheck.com