CVE-2025-47809
Published: 16 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-47809 is a high-severity Least Privilege Violation (CWE-272) vulnerability in Wibu CodeMeter (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 21.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-15399
Vulnerability details
Wibu CodeMeter before 8.30a sometimes allows privilege escalation immediately after installation (before a logoff or reboot). For exploitation, there must have been an unprivileged installation with UAC, and the CodeMeter Control Center component must be installed, and the CodeMeter Control…
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Center component must not have been restarted. In this scenario, the local user can navigate from Import License to a privileged instance of Windows Explorer.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Review and update requirements help detect and correct least privilege violations in practice.
Access reviews verify and enforce adherence to least privilege by identifying excess permissions.
Requiring specification of intended system usage and access authorizations, plus periodic reviews, supports enforcement of least privilege.
Separation of duties is a direct mechanism to enforce least privilege by ensuring no individual receives more access than required for their isolated responsibilities.
Enforces the least privilege principle to avoid violations of minimal necessary access.
Enforcing only the minimal set of functionality implements least privilege by eliminating unneeded capabilities that could be abused.
The control mandates acknowledgment of least-privilege expectations, making violations by authorized users less likely.
Risk Executive role ensures least privilege is applied uniformly rather than left to individual system owners or projects.