CVE-2024-1973 (GCVE-0-2024-1973)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-03-25 21:27 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:35
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Elevation of privileges vulnerability
Summary
By leveraging the vulnerability, lower-privileged users of Content Manager can manipulate Content Manager clients to elevate privileges and perform unauthorized operations.
Severity
8.5 (High)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-06 13:32 UTC
CWE
- CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OpenText | Secure Content Manager |
Affected:
10.0 , < <=23.4
(custom)
|
guessed | |
| opentext | secure_content_manager |
Affected:
10.0 , ≤ 23.4
(custom)
cpe:2.3:a:opentext:secure_content_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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