CVE-2025-15602

HighPublic PoC

Published: 06 March 2026

Published

06 March 2026

Modified

17 April 2026

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Score 0.0003 7.1th percentile

Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-15602 is a high-severity Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes (CWE-915) vulnerability in Snipeitapp Snipe-It. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked at the 7.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-2 (Account Management) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068) and 1 other technique. What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

prevent

Enforces approved access authorizations, preventing low-privileged users from modifying restricted fields like email and privileges on other user accounts via crafted API requests.

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

prevent

Requires validation of information inputs to API endpoints, directly mitigating mass assignment vulnerabilities by rejecting unauthorized updates to sensitive user attributes.

AC-2 Account Management good match

prevent

Manages user accounts to restrict modifications to privileged accounts, ensuring low-privileged users cannot alter Super Admin details leading to account takeover.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation Privilege Escalation

Adversaries may exploit software vulnerabilities in an attempt to elevate privileges.

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T1098 Account Manipulation Persistence

Adversaries may manipulate accounts to maintain and/or elevate access to victim systems.

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Why these techniques?

Mass assignment flaw directly enables unauthorized modification of privileged user attributes (e.g., email) via API, facilitating account takeover and privilege escalation from low-privileged authenticated user to Super Admin.

Confidence: HIGH · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

NVD Description

Snipe-IT versions prior to 8.3.7 contain sensitive user attributes related to account privileges that are insufficiently protected against mass assignment. An authenticated, low-privileged user can craft a malicious API request to modify restricted fields of another user account, including the…

Super Admin account. By changing the email address of the Super Admin and triggering a password reset, an attacker can fully take over the Super Admin account, resulting in complete administrative control of the Snipe-IT instance.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-15602 is a vulnerability in Snipe-IT versions prior to 8.3.7, where sensitive user attributes related to account privileges are insufficiently protected against mass assignment. This flaw, published on 2026-03-06, allows unauthorized modification of restricted user fields via API requests and is rated with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H), mapped to CWE-915.

An authenticated low-privileged user can exploit the vulnerability by crafting a malicious API request to alter restricted fields on another user account, including the Super Admin account. The attacker can change the Super Admin's email address and then trigger a password reset, enabling full takeover of the account and resulting in complete administrative control over the Snipe-IT instance.

Advisories recommend upgrading to Snipe-IT version 8.3.7 or later to mitigate the issue, as detailed in the release notes at https://github.com/grokability/snipe-it/releases/tag/v8.3.7. Further information is available on the official Snipe-IT website at https://snipeitapp.com/ and the VulnCheck advisory at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/snipe-it-mass-assignment-vulnerability-leading-to-privilege-escalation.