CVE-2025-61197
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:LCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-61197 is a high-severity Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security (CWE-602) vulnerability. Its CVSS base score is 8.9 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 25th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-25 (Reference Monitor) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-61197 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Orban Optimod audio processing devices, including models 5950, 5950HD, 5750, 5750HD, and Trio Optimod running application version 1.0.0.33 on system version 2.5.26. The flaw stems from the application storing user privilege and role information in client-side browser storage, which violates server-side enforcement principles as classified under CWE-602. Published on 2025-10-06, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.9 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L).
A remote attacker with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this over the network (AV:N) with low attack complexity (AC:L), though it requires user interaction (UI:R). Exploitation changes the scope (S:C), enabling high impacts on confidentiality and integrity (C:H/I:H) alongside low availability impact (A:L), allowing the attacker to escalate privileges by manipulating stored role data in the browser.
Mitigation details can be found in resources such as the vendor site at https://www.orban.com/ and the vulnerability research repository at https://github.com/giulioschiavone/Vulnerability-Research/tree/main/CVE-2025-61197.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-32166
Vulnerability Data
An issue in Orban Optimod 5950, Optimod 5950HD, Optimod 5750, Optimod 5750HD, Optimod Trio Optimod version 1.0.0.33 - System version 2.5.26 allows a remote attacker to escalate privileges via the application stores user privilege/role information in client-side browser storage
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Requires a tamper-proof, always-invoked reference monitor that cannot be bypassed by client-side logic.
Enforces all access decisions on the server according to policy rather than trusting client-supplied enforcement.
Enforces information-flow rules at the server boundary instead of delegating them to the client.
Monitors and controls all external and key internal interfaces so that server-side policy cannot be off-loaded to clients.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure architecture principles discourage client-side trust but do not directly address this weakness.
Security testing can detect client-side enforcement but is not the primary mitigation.
Information access restriction is undermined when the client is trusted to enforce it.
Secure development lifecycle mandates server-side validation and prevents reliance on client enforcement.
Application security requirements explicitly call for server-side enforcement of security mechanisms.
Secure coding standards require server-side checks and reject client-only enforcement.