Administrator-to-Super-Admin privilege escalation
Published Mar 15, 2025 · Updated Mar 19, 2025
Privilege escalation in Hikari Software Team HikaShop 1.0.0 through 5.1.3 allows local users with Administrator access to gain Super Admin permissions. The public CNA record and referenced disclosure do not identify the affected function, request, or missing authorization check. Exploitation requires an authenticated Joomla Administrator account and user interaction, after which the account gains unrestricted Super Admin control.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Hikari Software Team HikaShop 1.0.0 through 5.1.3 allows local users with Administrator access to gain Super Admin permissions. The public CNA record and referenced disclosure do not identify the affected function, request, or missing authorization check. Exploitation requires an authenticated Joomla Administrator account and user interaction, after which the account gains unrestricted Super Admin control.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-25225
- Published
- Mar 15, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 19, 2025
- Vendor
- Hikari Software Team
- Product
- HikaShop
- Classifications
- CWE-284, CAPEC-1, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 15, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 19, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0-5.1.3
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