# CVE-2025-10548: Missing Certificate Validation in CleverControl Installer Allows Remote Code Execution

> A man-in-the-middle attacker can execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges by exploiting missing TLS certificate validation during the software installation process.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9mcq-2pc5-597f

## What is CVE-2025-10548?

CVE-2025-10548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CleverControl employee monitoring software, published on 23 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The CleverControl employee monitoring software (v11.5.1041.6) fails to validate TLS server certificates during the installation process. The installer downloads and executes external components using curl.exe --insecure, enabling a man-in-the-middle attacker to deliver malicious files that are executed with SYSTEM privileges. This can lead to full remote code execution with administrative rights. No patch is available as the vendor has been unresponsive. It is assumed that previous versions are also affected, but this is not confirmed.

Weakness: CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10548?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-10548?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10548 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10548 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10548 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10548 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10548 is a medium-severity vulnerability in CleverControl employee monitoring software, published on 23 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-10548 exists.

Affected product: CleverControl employee monitoring software. 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-2025-10548/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10548/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10548
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10548
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10548

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10548/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.