# CVE-2023-25069: Privilege escalation in TXOne Networks StellarOne

> A malicious authenticated user can escalate privileges to administrator level in TXOne StellarOne, allowing unauthorized actions.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 17 Mar 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2x28-xwcm-wq72

## What is CVE-2023-25069?

CVE-2023-25069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro, Inc. TXOne Networks StellarOne, published on 17 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

TXOne StellarOne has an improper access control privilege escalation vulnerability in every version before V2.0.1160 that could allow a malicious, falsely authenticated user to escalate his privileges to administrator level. With these privileges, an attacker could perform actions they are not authorized to.

Please note: an attacker must first obtain a low-privileged authenticated user's profile on the target system in order to exploit this vulnerability.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-25069?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Trendmicro Txone Stellarone.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-25069?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-25069 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-25069 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-25069 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-25069 is a high-severity vulnerability in Trend Micro, Inc. TXOne Networks StellarOne, published on 17 Mar 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-25069 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro, Inc. TXOne Networks StellarOne. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25069/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25069/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-25069
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25069
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-25069

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-25069/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.