CVE-2025-47809 Privilege escalation in CodeMeter
Local attackers can escalate privileges via CodeMeter Control Center if installed with UAC and not restarted, requiring immediate logoff or reboot to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-47809?
CVE-2025-47809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wibu CodeMeter, published on 16 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Wibu CodeMeter before 8.30a sometimes allows privilege escalation immediately after installation (before a logoff or reboot). For exploitation, there must have been an unprivileged installation with UAC, and the CodeMeter Control Center component must be installed, and the CodeMeter Control Center component must not have been restarted. In this scenario, the local user can navigate from Import License to a privileged instance of Windows Explorer.
Weakness: CWE-272
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-47809?
How do I fix CVE-2025-47809?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-47809 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-47809 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-47809 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2rfr-r5fg-2857.