CVE-2025-48979

High-privilege local command execution

Published Aug 28, 2025 · Updated Aug 29, 2025

Command injection in Ubiquiti UISP Application 2.4.211 and earlier allows local users with high privileges to execute commands. Ubiquiti identifies improper input validation but has not disclosed the affected command-processing locus or how untrusted input reaches a command interpreter. Successful exploitation crosses a security boundary and can disclose or alter data and interrupt service.

CVSS severity8.2
High
EPSS probability0.43%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Command injection in Ubiquiti UISP Application 2.4.211 and earlier allows local users with high privileges to execute commands. Ubiquiti identifies improper input validation but has not disclosed the affected command-processing locus or how untrusted input reaches a command interpreter. Successful exploitation crosses a security boundary and can disclose or alter data and interrupt service.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-48979
Published
Aug 28, 2025
Updated
Aug 29, 2025
Vendor
Ubiquiti Inc.
Product
UISP Application
Classifications
CWE-77, T1059
Attack vector
local
Privileges
admin

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Aug 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 29, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=2.4.220 <2.4.220

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesadmin

What is affected?

Ubiquiti Inc. · UISP Applicationversion=2.4.220 <2.4.220

Published CVSS scores

8.2Ubiquiti Inc.CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.4CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Attacks

What attackers are doing with it

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesadmin
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-77Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
T1059Command and Scripting Interpreter

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