CVE-2025-34298 (GCVE-0-2025-34298)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-30 21:25 – Updated: 2025-11-17 21:36
VLAI
Title
Nagios Log Server < 2024R1.3.2 Set Email Privilege Escalation
Summary
Nagios Log Server versions prior to 2024R1.3.2 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the account email-change workflow. A user could set their own email to an invalid value and, due to insufficient validation and authorization checks tied to email identity state, trigger inconsistent account state that granted elevated privileges or bypassed intended access controls.
Severity
8.7 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-10-31 17:40 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-281 - Improper Preservation of Permissions
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 5277 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Nagios Log Server Affected: 0 , < 2024R1.3.2 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:nagios:log_server:2024:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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