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CVE-2025-57819

critical

Description

FreePBX is an open-source web-based graphical user interface. FreePBX 15, 16, and 17 endpoints are vulnerable due to insufficiently sanitized user-supplied data allowing unauthenticated access to FreePBX Administrator leading to arbitrary database manipulation and remote code execution. This issue has been patched in endpoint versions 15.0.66, 16.0.89, and 17.0.3.

References

https://thehackernews.com/2025/08/freepbx-servers-targeted-by-zero-day.html

https://securityaffairs.com/181693/hacking/experts-warn-of-actively-exploited-freepbx-zero-day.html

https://github.com/FreePBX/security-reporting/security/advisories/GHSA-m42g-xg4c-5f3h

https://community.freepbx.org/t/security-advisory-please-lock-down-your-administrator-access/107203

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-08-28

Updated: 2025-08-29

Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

CVSS v4

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00437

Vulnerability Watch

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