Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
An authenticated Crafter CMS 3.1 user with Reviewer role may be able to lock a content item. The stated impact is limited to availability: content workflow can be disrupted, but the provided CVSS data does not indicate confidentiality or integrity impact.
Executive priority
Treat this as a low-priority availability and workflow-control issue unless Crafter CMS supports critical publishing operations or reviewer accounts are broadly assigned. It is not evidenced as data theft or active exploitation in the provided sources.
Technical view
CVE-2021-23265 is an improper privilege management issue in Crafter Studio, mapped to CWE-269. The CVSS v3.1 vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L, indicating network reachability, low complexity, low privileges, required user interaction, unchanged scope, and low availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to Crafter CMS 3.1 deployments where users have Reviewer role access. Publicly reachable login surfaces may increase opportunity, but the provided evidence requires authentication and does not identify anonymous exploitation.
Exploitation context
The source bundle does not show active exploitation, and KEV status is false. No exploit maturity, public exploit details, or attacker campaign evidence is provided in the cited sources.
Researcher notes
Key unknowns are the exact fixed versions and vendor-recommended remediation details, which are not included in the source bundle excerpt. Validate behavior only in authorized test environments and avoid assuming broader privilege escalation beyond content item locking.
Mitigation direction
- Check Crafter's advisory for the vendor-supported remediation path.
- Inventory Crafter CMS 3.1 instances and prioritize unsupported or externally reachable deployments.
- Review Reviewer role assignments and remove unnecessary accounts.
- Monitor and investigate unexpected content item locks.
- Apply vendor guidance before changing production permissions or workflows.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether Crafter CMS 3.1 is deployed.
- Identify accounts assigned the Reviewer role.
- Review audit logs for unusual or repeated content locking activity.
- Check whether the environment has applied vendor advisory guidance.
- Confirm business workflows can recover from unauthorized content locks.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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CWE-269: Authorization and privilege behavior lookup
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Low
- CVSS
- 3.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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CVSS vector scores
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L2.11.4Primary CVE scoreVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
3.5LowVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://docs.craftercms.org/en/3.1/security/advisory.html#cv-2022051601CVE reference · x_refsource_MISC
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CWE details
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Improper Privilege Management
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