CVE-2015-2952
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe user-information management functionality in Igreks MilkyStep Light 0.94 and earlier and Professional 1.82 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended access restrictions and modify administrative credentials via unspecified vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2953 and CVE-2015-2958.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThe MilkyStep CMS (Light 0.94 and earlier, Professional 1.82 and earlier) contains an access control bypass in its user-information management functionality. Remote authenticated users can modify administrative credentials by bypassing intended restrictions, achieving privilege escalation through the user management interface.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 0.94<= 1.82<= 1.82CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- Single
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- Partial
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify MilkyStep CMS installationCheck your web server for MilkyStep CMS files by looking for directories or files containing 'milky' or 'Milkystep' in the web root, or check application documentation to confirm MilkyStep is in use.Affected if MilkyStep CMS is installed on the server.
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Determine installed MilkyStep versionLocate the version file or footer/admin panel that displays the MilkyStep version number. Compare this version against the affected ranges: Light version 0.94 or earlier, Professional version 1.82 or earlier.Affected if The installed version is MilkyStep Light <= 0.94 or MilkyStep Professional/OEM <= 1.82.
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Verify user management interface accessibilityCheck if the user-information management functionality is accessible to authenticated users. Determine whether regular authenticated users can access the administrative user management section of the CMS.Affected if The user management interface is exposed to non-administrative authenticated users.
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Review user privilege controlsInspect the access control configuration or source code for the user management module to determine if role-based restrictions properly prevent regular users from modifying administrative credentials.Affected if Standard authenticated users can modify administrative account credentials without proper authorization checks.
You are affected if MilkyStep CMS Light version 0.94 or earlier, or Professional/OEM version 1.82 or earlier is installed and the user management interface is accessible to non-administrative authenticated users.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade to MilkyStep Light version 0.95 or later and Professional version 1.83 or later. If patching is not possible, restrict access to user management functions to only trusted administrator accounts and implement additional authorization checks at the application layer.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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