CVE-2025-71421

HIGHPre-NVD 7.27.2—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.2 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-21. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.2; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.2EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.4%CVSS: 7.2Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

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.

CVSS v3
7.2
EG Score
7.2HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
33
EG Risk 33/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity72% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.4%
EPSS %ILE
36th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 21, 2026

Last Modified

September 22, 2026

Advisory Details (7)

Auto-updated Sep 21, 2026
🔬 Proof of concept available. Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github_release.
generic

UVdesk core-framework before 1.1.7 Privilege Escalation via editAgent | Advisories | VulnCheck

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/uvdesk-core-framework-before-1.1.7-privilege-escalation-via-editagent
generic

GitHub - uvdesk/core-framework: UVDesk Community Helpdesk Core Framework Bundle providing the core essential functionalities and integration tools to easily integrate any other community helpdesk packages. · GitHub

https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework
github_release Patch Available

v1.1.8

Patch available: uvdesk/community-skeleton v1.1.8

https://github.com/uvdesk/community-skeleton/releases/tag/v1.1.8
github_release Patch Available

v1.1.7

Patch available: uvdesk/core-framework v1.1.7

https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework/releases/tag/v1.1.7
generic🟡 PoC Available

Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in uvdesk/core-framework Affecting UVdesk Community Helpdesk - HackMD

https://hackmd.io/@leediay/B1Cz5voFGg
generic

core-framework/Controller/Account.php at v1.1.6 · uvdesk/core-framework · GitHub

https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework/blob/v1.1.6/Controller/Account.php#L278-L282
github_commit Patch Available

commit b8bcdc503659 (uvdesk/core-framework)

Patch available: uvdesk/core-framework v1.1.7 (contains commit b8bcdc503659)

https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework/commit/b8bcdc503659f9d5c5cd73627cfc5d45508b9a55

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-71421(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 27× in last 7d / 52× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 08:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-10-03 19:32 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-10-03 19:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-10-03 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-10-03 06:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-02 17:33 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-02 17:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-02 04:33 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-02 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-10-01 19:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-10-01 15:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-10-01 02:24 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-01 02:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-30 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-30 13:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-30 00:21 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-30 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-29 15:20 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-29 09:13 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-29 09:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-28 20:12 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-09-28 20:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-09-28 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-09-28 07:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-09-27 18:12 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-27 18:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-27 05:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-26 16:12 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-26 16:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-26 15:58 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-26 03:10 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-26 03:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-25 14:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-25 01:09 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-09-25 01:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-24 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-09-23 23:09 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-23 23:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-23 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-23 09:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-22 20:52 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-22 20:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-22 10:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-21 21:23 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-21 21:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-21 20:48 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-21 20:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-21 14:21 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-21 13:50 UTCEG score recompute
  27. 2026-09-21 13:50 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-71421?
CVE-2025-71421 is a high vulnerability published on September 21, 2026. 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…
When was CVE-2025-71421 disclosed?
CVE-2025-71421 was first published on September 21, 2026, with the most recent update on September 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-71421 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-71421 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (36th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-71421?
CVE-2025-71421 has a CVSS base score of 7.2 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-71421?
A fix for CVE-2025-71421 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2025-71421 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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