Silverstripe Framework user enumeration via timing attack on login and password reset forms
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-204.
Summary
### Impact User enumeration is possible by performing a timing attack on the login or password reset pages with user credentials. This was originally disclosed in https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/ss-2017-005/ for CMS 3 but was not patched in CMS 4+ ### References - https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/ss-2017-005 - https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/ss-2025-001
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
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| — | silverstripe/framework (Packagist) | 4.0.0 to before 5.3.23 | 5.3.23 | Patch available | GHSA-256q-hx8w-xcqx |
- silverstripe/framework (Packagist) Vendor— Affected 4.0.0 to before 5.3.23 Fixed in 5.3.23 Patch available GHSA-256q-hx8w-xcqx
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-256q-hx8w-xcqx silverstripe/framework (Packagist) Fixed in 5.3.23 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-256q-hx8w-xcqx
References
Other 6
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-256q-hx8w-xcqx
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework/pull/11681
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/silverstripe/framework/SS-2025-001.yaml
- https://github.com/silverstripe/silverstripe-framework
- https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/ss-2017-005
- https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/ss-2025-001
Sources
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