Camaleon CMS - Insufficient Session Expiration after Password Change
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-613.
Summary
Camaleon CMS 0.1.7 to 2.6.0 doesn’t terminate the active session of the users, even after the admin changes the user’s password. A user that was already logged in, will still have access to the application even after the password was changed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| owen2345 | camaleon_cms | 0.1.7 and later; up to 2.6.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | camaleon_cms (RubyGems) | 0.1.7 to before 2.6.0.1 | 2.6.0.1 | Patch available | GHSA-438x-2p9v-g8h9 |
- camaleon_cms Vendorowen2345 Affected 0.1.7 and later; up to 2.6.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- camaleon_cms (RubyGems) Vendor— Affected 0.1.7 to before 2.6.0.1 Fixed in 2.6.0.1 Patch available GHSA-438x-2p9v-g8h9
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-438x-2p9v-g8h9 camaleon_cms (RubyGems) Fixed in 2.6.0.1 Advisory →
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
camaleon_cms unspecified
4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 1 HIGH, 3 MEDIUM
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2021-07975 Camaleon CMS - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in CommentsPriority MEDIUM 60
- TI-2021-07978 Camaleon CMS - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Media Upload FeaturePriority MEDIUM 56
- TI-2021-07977 Camaleon CMS - SVG File Upload Creates DoS for Media Upload FeaturePriority MEDIUM 53
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25970
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-438x-2p9v-g8h9
References
Advisory 2
More owen2345 Camaleon Cms vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-14148 Camaleon CMS v2.7.0 was discovered to contain a Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI)… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2024-31375 Arbitrary file write leading to RCE in Camaleon CMS CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2024-31376 Arbitrary path traversal in Camaleon CMS CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.7
- TI-2021-07975 Camaleon CMS - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Comments CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2021-07978 Camaleon CMS - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) in Media Upload Feature CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2024-32457 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in camaleon-cms v.2.7.5 allows remote attacker to… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
Sources
- CVE-2021-25970 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-25970 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-438x-2p9v-g8h9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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