CVE-2025-70986
Published: 23 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-70986 is a high-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Ruoyi Ruoyi. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 5.9th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Likely Mitigating ControlsAI
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.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Supervision and review of access control activities directly detects and remediates improper access configurations or usages.
Explicitly identifying and documenting actions permitted without identification or authentication enforces proper access control boundaries by defining justified exceptions.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
Requiring prior authorization for each remote access type prevents improper access control over remote connections.
Requiring authorization of wireless access before allowing connections enforces proper access control for this access method.
Requiring authorization and configuration controls for mobile device connections directly enforces access control and prevents unauthorized devices from reaching organizational systems.
Defining account types, requiring approvals for creation, specifying authorizations, monitoring usage, and reviewing accounts directly prevents improper access control by ensuring only authorized accounts exist and are used.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Direct remote unauthenticated exploitation of a public-facing web application (RuoYi) due to missing authorization, enabling unauthorized access to sensitive data.
NVD Description
Incorrect access control in the selectDept function of RuoYi v4.8.2 allows unauthorized attackers to arbitrarily access sensitive department data.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-70986 is an incorrect access control vulnerability in the selectDept function of RuoYi version 4.8.2. This flaw allows unauthorized attackers to arbitrarily access sensitive department data. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), and it has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high confidentiality impact with no requirements for privileges or user interaction.
Attackers can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no authentication. Any unauthenticated adversary who can reach the affected RuoYi instance may invoke the selectDept function to retrieve sensitive department data, potentially exposing organizational structures, employee information, or other confidential details without detection or restriction.
Advisories and related resources for mitigation are available in the following references: a GitHub Gist at https://gist.github.com/old6ma/779320a98f361c299ca024521cb72db6 detailing the issue; the official RuoYi repository on Gitee at https://gitee.com/y_project/RuoYi; an issue tracker entry at https://gitee.com/y_project/RuoYi/issues/IDIDME; and a GitHub mirror at https://github.com/yangzongzhuan/RuoYi. Security practitioners should consult these for patch information or workarounds specific to RuoYi v4.8.2.
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