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Improper Access Control

CVE-2025-23365

High
8.5/10

Summary

A vulnerability has been identified in TIA Administrator (All versions < V3.0.6). The affected application allows low-privileged users to trigger installations by overwriting cache files and modifying the downloads path. This would allow an attacker to escalate privilege and exceute arbitrary code.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published