CVE-2025-2304
Camaleon CMS Vulnerable to Privilege Escalation through a Mass Assignment
Severity by source
Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by GHSA.
Description
A Privilege Escalation through a Mass Assignment exists in Camaleon CMS When a user wishes to change his password, the 'updated_ajax' method of the UsersController is called. The vulnerability stems from the use of the dangerous permit! method, which allows all parameters to pass through without any filtering.
Affected packages and fixed versions
| Source | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| rubygems::GitHub Security Advisory RubyGems | camaleon_cms | 2.9.1 |
| rubygems::Ruby Advisory Database | camaleon_cms | >= 2.9.1 |
References
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rp28-mvq3-wf8j
- https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms
- https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/commit/179fd6b1ecf258d3e214aebfa87ac4a322ea4db4
- https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/pull/1109
- https://github.com/owen2345/camaleon-cms/releases/tag/2.9.1
- https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/camaleon_cms/CVE-2025-2304.yml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2304
- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2025-09