Read-only-to-administrator escalation via configuration re-import
Published Jul 28, 2025 · Updated Nov 3, 2025
Privilege escalation in Xorux XorMon-NG 1.8 through 1.9.37 allows remote authenticated users to gain web administrator access. The /api/confporter/v1/import endpoint accepts an encrypted configuration archive from a read-only account and applies attacker-edited users_groups.csv and users.csv authorization records. Exploitation requires a valid read-only session; re-importing an archive encrypted with the default undefined passphrase adds the account to the Admin group and clears its read-only flag.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in Xorux XorMon-NG 1.8 through 1.9.37 allows remote authenticated users to gain web administrator access. The /api/confporter/v1/import endpoint accepts an encrypted configuration archive from a read-only account and applies attacker-edited users_groups.csv and users.csv authorization records. Exploitation requires a valid read-only session; re-importing an archive encrypted with the default undefined passphrase adds the account to the Admin group and clears its read-only flag.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-54765
- Published
- Jul 28, 2025
- Updated
- Nov 3, 2025
- Vendor
- Xorux
- Product
- XorMon
- Classifications
- CWE-648, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 28, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Nov 3, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.8 <1.9.38
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- KoreLogic configuration-import privilege-escalation proof of conceptfunctional · demonstrated
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