CVE-2025-8310
Published: 12 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-8310 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller. Its CVSS base score is 6.5 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 36.7% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
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.
Requiring an access control policy ensures authorization checks are defined and applied for critical functions.
Reviews of access controls detect missing authorization checks on critical functions or resources.
Documenting permitted unauthenticated actions prevents missing authorization by making all exceptions explicit and subject to organizational review.
Requiring attribute association with information prevents authorization from being performed without necessary security or privacy context.
Mandating authorization prior to allowing remote connections addresses missing authorization for remote access.
Mandating authorization before wireless connections are allowed prevents missing authorization for wireless access.
The control requires authorization before allowing mobile device connections, directly mitigating missing authorization for system access.
Requiring approvals for account creation and specifying authorizations ensures authorization is not missing for system access.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization in admin console directly enables unauthorized password resets for admin account takeover, mapping to exploitation for privilege escalation and account manipulation.
NVD Description
Missing authorization in the admin console of Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller before version 22.9 allows a remote authenticated attacker to take over admin accounts by resetting the password
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-8310 is a missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in the admin console of Ivanti Virtual Application Delivery Controller (vADC, previously known as vTM) prior to version 22.9. Published on 2025-08-12, the issue has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N) and stems from inadequate checks that permit unauthorized password resets.
A remote authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to reset passwords and take over admin accounts, potentially gaining full administrative control over the affected system.
Ivanti has published a security advisory with mitigation guidance available at https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/August-Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Virtual-Application-Delivery-Controller-vADC-previously-vTM-CVE-2025-8310?language=en_US.
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