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CVE-2018-12596 Details

Description

Episerver Ektron CMS before 9.0 SP3 Site CU 31, 9.1 before SP3 Site CU 45, or 9.2 before SP2 Site CU 22 allows remote attackers to call aspx pages via the "activateuser.aspx" page, even if a page is located under the /WorkArea/ path, which is forbidden (normally available exclusively for local admins).

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:9.8 CRITICALVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/15	CVE	ExploitMailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2018-12596	CVE	ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40alt3kx/ektron-content-management-system-cms-9-20-sp2-remote-re-enabling-users-cve-2018-12596-bdf1e3a05158	CVE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45577/	CVE	ExploitMitigationPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Oct/15	[email protected]	ExploitMailing ListMitigationPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/alt3kx/CVE-2018-12596	[email protected]	ExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
https://medium.com/%40alt3kx/ektron-content-management-system-cms-9-20-sp2-remote-re-enabling-users-cve-2018-12596-bdf1e3a05158	[email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45577/	[email protected]	ExploitMitigationPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-269	Improper Privilege Management	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
episerver ektron cms	9.00 - 9.00 sp1 9.00 sp2 9.10 - 9.10 sp1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:sp1:::::: cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:sp2:::::: cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.20:-:::::: cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.20:sp1:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Product

Versions

episerver ektron cms

9.00 -

9.00 sp1

9.00 sp2

9.10 -

9.10 sp1

CPE

cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.00:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.10:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.20:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:episerver:ektron_cms:9.20:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Jan 23, 2019	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 12, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]