Privilege escalation via read-only state-changing actions
Published Mar 14, 2023 · Updated Feb 27, 2025
Incorrect authorization in ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.13, 6.10.8, and 6.11.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change system state. The web management interface accepts state-changing operations from read-only accounts instead of enforcing their assigned authorization. A valid read-only account and network access to the management interface are required; HPE has not identified the affected actions or configuration objects.
Summary
What happened
Incorrect authorization in ClearPass Policy Manager 6.9.13, 6.10.8, and 6.11.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to change system state. The web management interface accepts state-changing operations from read-only accounts instead of enforcing their assigned authorization. A valid read-only account and network access to the management interface are required; HPE has not identified the affected actions or configuration objects.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-25594
- Published
- Mar 14, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 27, 2025
- Vendor
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)
- Product
- HPE Aruba Networking ClearPass Policy Manager
- Classifications
- CWE-863
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 14, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 27, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.10.8 and below
- Affected versionversion=6.11.1 and below
- Affected versionversion=6.9.13 and below
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