Summary
Object state limitation has no effect
Object state limitation is a policy you can use in your roles to limit access to content based on specific object state values. Due to a flawed earlier update, these limitations were ineffective in releases made since February 16th 2022. They would grant access to the given content regardless of the object state. Depending on how your frontent is designed, knowing the URL to the content may or may not be required to access it. If you are using object state limitations in your roles, this issue is critical. Please apply the fix as soon as possible.
Impact
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter. Kodem's runtime-powered SCA identifies whether this CVE is reachable in your applications.
Already deployed Kodem?
See it in your environmentNew to Kodem? Get a demo →Remediation advice
Kodem Kai can prioritize this vulnerability in your dependency tree and generate a fix recommendation.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X? GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X is a critical-severity security vulnerability in ezsystems/ezpublish-kernel (composer), affecting versions >= 7.5.0, < 7.5.28. It is fixed in 7.5.28.
- Which versions of ezsystems/ezpublish-kernel are affected by GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X? ezsystems/ezpublish-kernel (composer) versions >= 7.5.0, < 7.5.28 is affected.
- Is there a fix for GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X? Yes. GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X is fixed in 7.5.28. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix GHSA-5X4F-7XGQ-R42X? Upgrade
ezsystems/ezpublish-kernelto 7.5.28 or later.