GHSA-84px-q68r-2fc9 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — Privilege escalation in the Sulu Admin panel
Sulu is an open-source PHP content management system based on the Symfony framework. In affected versions Sulu users who have access to any subset of the admin UI are able to elevate their privilege. Over the API it was possible for them to give themselves permissions to areas which they did not already had. This issue was introduced in 2.0.0-RC1 with the new ProfileController putAction. The versions have been patched in 2.2.18, 2.3.8 and 2.4.0. For users unable to upgrade the only known workaround is to apply a patch to the ProfileController manually.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2021-43835 is rated Moderate Risk (51.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.13%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 0.30% | 1.13% | +0.83% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 0.59% | 0.30% | -0.29% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 0.59% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.2 | 3.1 | HIGH |
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1.2 | 5.9 | [email protected] |
| 6.5 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-84px-q68r-2fc9 · Severity: high · Ecosystem: composer — Privilege escalation in the Sulu Admin panel
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/sulu/sulu/commit/30bf8b5a4f83b6f2171a696011757d095edaa28a | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/sulu/sulu/security/advisories/GHSA-84px-q68r-2fc9 | Third Party Advisory |