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CVE-2010-5142

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.5 EPSS 1.57% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2012-08-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.5. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2010-5142
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.5
EPSS
1.57%

Original NVD 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.