CVE-2025-63293
Access Control in Fairsketch Rise Ultimate Project Manager 3.9.4
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NSummary
CVE-2025-63293 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Fairsketch Rise Ultimate Project Manager. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Local Accounts (T1078.003); ranked at the 27th 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 map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-24 (Access Control Decisions) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-37516
Vulnerability Data
FairSketch Rise Ultimate Project Manager & CRM 3.9.4 is vulnerable to Insecure Permissions. A remote authenticated user can append comments or upload attachments to tickets for which they lack view or edit authorization, due to missing authorization checks in the…
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ticketing/commenting API.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization checks (CWE-862) in the ticketing API allow an authenticated user to interact with tickets they should not access, enabling abuse of valid local accounts (T1078.003) to manipulate data in a database-backed ticketing system (T1213.006).
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces authorization checks on ticket/comment and attachment operations, preventing the unauthorized append/upload actions described in the CVE.
Ensures users receive only the minimum privileges needed, reducing the impact of missing per-ticket authorization checks in the API.
Requires explicit access-control decisions to be made and enforced before allowing comment or attachment actions on tickets.
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.
Explicitly requires defining, enforcing, and reviewing authorizations and least privilege, directly preventing missing authorization checks.
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.
Requiring authentication and credentials before any access occurs eliminates the absence of authorization checks that would otherwise allow an unauthenticated actor to reach protected resources.
Requiring formal authorization of every access request before rights are granted ensures that checks for required permissions are performed, preventing missing authorization checks from being introduced.
Mandatory authorization checks and central records of granted rights ensure that every access attempt is preceded by an explicit decision rather than relying on missing checks.
Segregating the approval of access rights from their implementation provides an independent check that reduces the impact of missing authorization checks in the resulting system configuration.
By requiring competent outsiders to verify that every function enforces the need-to-know principle, the control lowers the likelihood that missing authorization checks persist undetected.
Defining authorization responsibilities and reviewing risk-treatment progress throughout the project lifecycle catches missing authorization checks before the system is deployed.