CVE-2010-5142

medium

Description

chef-server-api/app/controllers/users.rb in the API in Chef before 0.9.0 does not require administrative privileges for the create, destroy, and update methods, which allows remote authenticated users to manage user accounts via requests to the /users URI.

References

https://github.com/opscode/chef/commit/c3bb41f727fbe00e5de719d687757b24c8dcdfc8

http://tickets.opscode.com/browse/CHEF-1289

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-08-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00391