VWE-2019-5159 Printable Version
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The versions listed below are known to be affected by this issue. If you are using one of those versions, you should update to a newer release that has no known vulnerabilities.
Common Name None VWE-ID VWE-2019-5159 Related Report None Severity LOW Exploit Difficulty EASY Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions. Description Permissions Escalation. A user can view widgets in the index scope, using in sidebar WIDGET BB-Codes, as long as the user has global permissions to view that widget. Does not affect Lite versions.
Discovered April 2, 2019 Resolved May 9, 2019 Patches Available 4.1.0 Beta 1
Notes
While the behavior exists in prior versions, it is only possible to set different permissions for the index node beginning with 4.1.0 Alpha 1. Therefore only versions that share both this ability and the unwanted behavior are considered vulnerable.