Vulnerability · Published Sep 21, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck
CVE-2025-71421UVdesk core-framework before 1.1.7 Privilege Escalation via editAgent
High 7.2
In plain English
A high-severity privilege mismanagement in community-skeleton from uvdesk. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 51% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
UVdesk core-framework before 1.1.7 contains an improper privilege management vulnerability in the editAgent endpoint that allows agents with agent-management privilege to escalate their own role to administrator. Attackers can submit their own account identifier with a role parameter set to ROLE_ADMIN to gain full administrative control over agents, tickets, and mail configuration.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| uvdesk | core-framework | 0 – before 1.1.7 |
| uvdesk | community-skeleton | 0 – before 1.1.8 |
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- Patch Commit patch
- editAgent role assignment at v1.1.6 technical-description
- Reporter write-up third-party-advisory
- core-framework v1.1.7 Release Notes release-notes
- community-skeleton v1.1.8 Release Notes release-notes
- https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework product
- VulnCheck Advisory: UVdesk core-framework before 1.1.7 Privilege Escalation via editAgent third-party-advisory