CVE-2025-71421 UVdesk core-framework before 1.1.7 Privilege Escalation via editAgent
Agents with management privileges can escalate to administrator by modifying their own role via the editAgent endpoint.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-71421?
CVE-2025-71421 is a high-severity vulnerability in uvdesk community-skeleton, published on 21 Sep 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
UVdesk core-framework before 1.1.7 contains an improper privilege management vulnerability in the editAgent endpoint that allows agents with agent-management privilege to escalate their own role to administrator. Attackers can submit their own account identifier with a role parameter set to ROLE_ADMIN to gain full administrative control over agents, tickets, and mail configuration.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-71421?
How do I fix CVE-2025-71421?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-71421 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2025-71421 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-71421 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hvr3-jhx6-xw68.