CVE-2025-71421

high

Description

UVdesk core-framework before 1.1.7 contains an improper privilege management vulnerability in the editAgent endpoint that allows agents with agent-management privilege to escalate their own role to administrator. Attackers can submit their own account identifier with a role parameter set to ROLE_ADMIN to gain full administrative control over agents, tickets, and mail configuration.

References

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/uvdesk-core-framework-before-1.1.7-privilege-escalation-via-editagent

https://hackmd.io/@leediay/B1Cz5voFGg

https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework/releases/tag/v1.1.7

https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework/commit/b8bcdc503659f9d5c5cd73627cfc5d45508b9a55

https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework/blob/v1.1.6/Controller/Account.php#L278-L282

https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework

https://github.com/uvdesk/community-skeleton/releases/tag/v1.1.8

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-21

Updated: 2026-09-22

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.3

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

CVSS v4

Base Score: 8.6

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00441