Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NSummary
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 47% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — 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-2025-8310 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.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24260
Vulnerability Data
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
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Related Threats
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.
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Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Control response
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly enforces authorization checks on admin console operations such as password resets, blocking the unauthorized account takeover described in CVE-2025-8310.
Requires that only explicitly authorized roles may perform privileged actions like admin password resets, directly mitigating the missing authorization flaw.
Restricts account management functions (including password changes) to authorized administrators, limiting the scope of the password-reset abuse.
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.