CVE-2025-8795
Published: 10 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-8795 is a low-severity Incorrect Privilege Assignment (CWE-266) vulnerability in Litmuschaos Litmus. Its CVSS base score is 2.1 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploitation for Privilege Escalation (T1068); ranked in the top 45.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-8795 is a critical vulnerability in LitmusChaos Litmus versions up to 3.19.0, affecting an unknown part of the /auth/login endpoint. The issue stems from manipulation of the projectID argument, resulting in improper access controls as classified under CWE-266 and CWE-284. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 6.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L) and was published on 2025-08-10.
The vulnerability can be exploited remotely by an attacker with low privileges (PR:L), requiring low attack complexity and no user interaction. Successful exploitation allows limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially enabling unauthorized access or modifications within the affected component.
Advisories referenced in VulDB entries (ctiid.319323, id.319323, submit.625984) and a GitHub repository (MaiqueSilva/VulnDB readme05.md) document the issue, noting that the exploit has been publicly disclosed and may be in use. The vendor was contacted early but provided no response, with no patches or specific mitigations detailed.
The public disclosure of the exploit increases the risk of real-world exploitation in unpatched LitmusChaos Litmus deployments up to version 3.19.0.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-24077
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in LitmusChaos Litmus up to 3.19.0. This affects an unknown part of the file /auth/login. The manipulation of the argument projectID leads to improper access controls. It is possible to initiate…
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the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
The vulnerability is an improper access control (CWE-284) in LitmusChaos Litmus /auth/login endpoint, allowing manipulation of projectID post-authentication to gain unauthorized access to other projects, facilitating exploitation for privilege escalation (T1068) as noted in the advisory.
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Mitigating Controls
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Directly enforces approved access policies on the /auth/login endpoint so that manipulation of projectID cannot bypass authorization decisions.
Ensures every authenticated session receives only the minimal privileges required, eliminating the excess rights obtained via the projectID flaw.
Requires the system to make and enforce explicit access-control decisions for the projectID parameter rather than trusting client-supplied values.