CVE-2025-27706 Cross-site scripting in Secure Access
Administrators can inject scripts into the Absolute Secure Access management console, affecting other administrators who visit the page.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-27706?
CVE-2025-27706 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access, published on 28 May 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
CVE-2025-27706 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.54. Attackers with system administrator permissions can interfere with another system administrator’s use of the management console when the second administrator visits the page. Attack complexity is low, there are no preexisting attack requirements, privileges required are high and active user interaction is required. There is no impact on confidentiality, the impact on integrity is low and there is no impact on availability.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-27706?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Absolute Secure Access.
How do I fix CVE-2025-27706?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-27706 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2025-27706 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-27706 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Absolute Secure Access
- CVE-2026-55402 Denial of service in Secure Access
- CVE-2026-33445 Memory management vulnerability in Secure Access servers
- CVE-2025-49080 Memory management vulnerability in Absolute Secure Access server versions 9.0 to 13.54
- CVE-2026-40952 Privilge misconfiguration in Secure Access installers
- CVE-2026-33451 Arbitrary read/write vulnerability in Windows clients prior to 14.50
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pqgc-jxwr-49w4.