CVE-2025-59945 SysReptor Susceptible to Privilege Escalation by Authenticated Users

High 8.1 Published Updated

Authenticated non-admin users can escalate privileges to project admin, allowing unauthorized access to modify and delete other users' pentest projects.

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

What is CVE-2025-59945?

CVE-2025-59945 is a high-severity vulnerability in Syslifters sysreptor, published on 27 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

SysReptor is a fully customizable pentest reporting platform. In versions from 2024.74 to before 2025.83, authenticated and unprivileged (non-admin) users can assign the is_project_admin permission to their own user. This allows users to read, modify and delete pentesting projects they are not members of and are therefore not supposed to access. This issue has been patched in version 2025.83.

Weakness: CWE-266

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-59945?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Syslifters Sysreptor.

How do I fix CVE-2025-59945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-59945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-59945 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-59945 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-r6hm-59cq-gjg6.

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