CVE-2025-9296
Published: 21 August 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-9296 is a medium-severity Improper Access Control (CWE-284) vulnerability in Emlog Emlog. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 32.4th 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.
This control enforces ownership-based restrictions on portable storage device use, directly implementing access control over media insertion into organizational systems.
Hardware write-protect enforces access control on critical resources (e.g., firmware) independent of software state.
The access control policy and procedures directly mandate and enforce proper access control mechanisms across the organization.
Device lock enforces restricted access until re-authentication, directly reducing unauthorized use of active sessions.
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.
By automatically labeling outputs with security attributes, the control supports attribute-based enforcement and reduces exploitability of improper access control weaknesses.
Associating and retaining security attributes with data directly supports enforcement of access control decisions across storage, processing, and transmission.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Unrestricted file upload in public-facing web app (/admin/blogger.php?action=update_avatar) enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190), deployment of web shells via uploaded malicious PHP scripts (T1505.003), and staging of tools/malware (T1608.002) without authentication.
NVD Description
A security vulnerability has been detected in Emlog Pro up to 2.5.18. This affects an unknown function of the file /admin/blogger.php?action=update_avatar. Such manipulation of the argument image leads to unrestricted upload. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The…
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exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-9296 is a security vulnerability in Emlog Pro versions up to 2.5.18 that enables unrestricted file upload. The issue affects an unknown function within the file /admin/blogger.php?action=update_avatar, where manipulation of the image argument allows attackers to upload arbitrary files. Associated with CWE-284 (Improper Access Control) and CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.7 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L).
The vulnerability is exploitable remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required, but demands high privileges such as administrative access. Successful exploitation grants limited impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing attackers to upload malicious files that could lead to further compromise depending on server configuration.
Advisories referenced on VulDB and a GitHub issue detail the vulnerability and note that the exploit has been publicly disclosed. The vendor was contacted early regarding disclosure but provided no response, leaving no official patches or mitigation guidance available.
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