CVE-2025-57396 Privilege escalation in n/a

Medium 6.5 Published Updated

Attackers can escalate privileges to admin by modifying user profile API fields, affecting Tandoor Recipes users.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-57396?

CVE-2025-57396 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Sep 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Tandoor Recipes 2.0.0-alpha-1, fixed in 2.0.0-alpha-2, is vulnerable to privilege escalation. This is due to the rework of the API, which resulted in the User Profile API Endpoint containing two boolean values indicating whether a user is staff or administrative. Consequently, any user can escalate their privileges to the highest level.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-57396?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Tandoor Recipes.

How do I fix CVE-2025-57396?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-57396 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-57396 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-57396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x42r-cvgx-rqgp.

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