• Getting Started
  • Lessons
  • Developer Guides
    • Model and Databases
    • Templates and Views
    • Controllers
    • Forms
    • Configuration
    • Extending Silverstripe CMS
    • Testing
    • Debugging
    • Performance
    • Security
      • Members
      • Access Control
      • Permissions
      • Authentication
      • Security
      • Rate Limiting
      • Personal Data
    • Email
    • Integration and Web Services
    • Search
    • i18n
    • Files
    • Customising the Admin Interface
    • Execution pipeline
    • Command Line Interface
    • Cookies and Sessions
    • Graphql
  • Upgrading
  • Changelogs
  • Contributing
  • Project Governance
  1. Developer Guides
  2. Security
Version 4End of Life

This version of Silverstripe CMS will not receive any additional bug fixes or documentation updates.

Go to documentation for the most recent stable version

Security and user authentication#

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  • How to's

This guide covers using and extending the user authentication in Silverstripe CMS, permissions, user groups and roles, and how to secure your code against malicious behaviors of both your users and hackers.

Members

Learn how logged in users are managed in Silverstripe CMS

Access Control

Restrict CMS access to specific groups of users

Permissions

Customise the permission system in Silverstripe

Authentication

Explains Silverstripe CMS's Authentication options and custom authenticators.

Security

Learn how to minimise vulnerabilities in your code

Rate Limiting

Silverstripe CMS's in built rate limiting features

Personal Data

How the Silverstripe CMS deals with data privacy

How to's#

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