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View permissions are bypassed for paginated lists of ORM data

  • Disclosed: 23.01.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Impact

canView permission checks are bypassed for ORM data in paginated GraphQL query results where the total number of records is greater than the number of records per page.

Note that this also affects GraphQL queries which have a limit applied, even if the query isn’t paginated per se.

This has been fixed by ensuring no new records are pulled in from the database after performing canView permission checks for each page of results. This may result in some pages in your query results having less than the maximum number of records per page even when there are more pages of results.

This behaviour is consistent with how pagination works in other areas of Silverstripe CMS, such as in GridField, and is a result of having to perform permission checks in PHP rather than in the database directly.

You can choose to disable these permission checks by disabling the CanViewPermission plugin following the instructions in overriding default plugins.

Note that this vulnerability does not affect version 3.x.

Base CVSS: 5.3 Reported by: Eduard Briem from Hothouse Creative, Nelson

References

https://www.silverstripe.org/download/security-releases/CVE-2023-44401

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package silverstripe/graphql >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.7, >= 5.0.0, < 5.1.3 4.3.7, 5.1.3

References

CVSS score 5.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-863
Platform
Composer
Package
silverstripe/graphql
Disclosed
23.01.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-jgph-w8rh-xf5p - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: silverstripe/graphql

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
8
First → latest
06.2021 05.2024
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 4
  • Medium 4

Disclosures per year

  1. silverstripe/graphql Cross-Site Request Forgery vulnerability
    High · 7.3 ghsa-wjg9-v8cf-f5q2 >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.3 2.0.3
  2. View permissions are bypassed for paginated lists of ORM data this entry
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2023-44401 >= 4.0.0, < 4.3.7, >= 5.0.0, < 5.1.3 4.3.7, 5.1.3
  3. Silverstripe GraphQL has DDOS Vulnerability due to lack of protection against recursive queries
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-40180 >= 3.0.0, < 3.8.2, >= 4.0.0, < 4.1.3, >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.5, >= 4.3.0, < 4.3.4, >= 5.0.0, < 5.0.3 3.8.2, 4.1.3, 4.2.5, 4.3.4, 5.0.3
  4. DDOS attack on graphql endpoints
    High · 7.5 CVE-2023-28104 >= 4.1.1, < 4.1.2, >= 4.2.2, < 4.2.3 4.1.2, 4.2.3
  5. Silverstripe has Incorrect Default Permissions
    Medium · 5.3 CVE-2020-6165 >= 3.2.0, < 3.2.4 3.2.4
  6. Silverstripe CSRF Protection Bypass via GraphQL
    High · 8.8 CVE-2019-12437 >= 2.0.0, < 2.0.5, >= 3.1.0, < 3.1.2 2.0.5, 3.1.2
  7. SilverStripe GraphQL Server permission checker not inherited by query subclass.
    Medium · 4.3 CVE-2021-28661 >= 3.0.0, < 3.5.2 3.5.2
  8. Authentication bypass in SilverStripe GraphQL
    Medium · 6.5 CVE-2020-26136 >= 3.0.0, < 3.5.0, >= 4.0.0-alpha1, < 4.0.0-alpha2 3.5.0, 4.0.0-alpha2

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