{"id":52512,"date":"2025-06-16T12:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T12:13:23","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-07-08T23:21:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-09T05:21:30","slug":"cve-2025-47561-incorrect-privilege-assignment-leads-to-privilege-escalation-in-romancode-mapsvg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47561-incorrect-privilege-assignment-leads-to-privilege-escalation-in-romancode-mapsvg\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-47561: Incorrect Privilege Assignment Leads to Privilege Escalation in RomanCode MapSVG<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, the Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-47561, poses a significant risk to users and administrators of the RomanCode MapSVG software. This vulnerability allows privilege escalation, meaning that users with lower-level access can gain unauthorized elevated privileges, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-52928-severe-bypass-issue-in-arc-on-windows-allows-unauthorized-permissions-grant\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65092\">issue is notably severe<\/a> due to the widespread usage of MapSVG and the potential high-impact consequences of a successful exploit.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-47561<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21469-memory-corruption-vulnerability-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59037\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-4162535941\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>RomanCode MapSVG | n\/a through 8.5.34<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Incorrect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30442-elevated-privilege-vulnerability-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59359\">Privilege Assignment vulnerability<\/a> in RomanCode MapSVG operates through a flaw in the software&#8217;s permission settings. It erroneously grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31222-potential-privilege-elevation-and-system-compromise-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59658\">elevated privileges<\/a> to lower-level users, thus enabling them to perform actions that should be restricted to higher-level users. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by manipulating application functionality that is not properly secured, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21460-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-guest-vm-buffer-processing-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59013\">leading to unauthorized actions that can result in system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-161045343\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a conceptual example of how the vulnerability might be exploited. This example assumes a context where an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5671-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-n302r-plus-http-post-request-handler\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59603\">HTTP request<\/a> is used to manipulate the privilege settings:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/modify_privileges HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\n{ &quot;user_id&quot;: &quot;target_user&quot;, &quot;new_privilege_level&quot;: &quot;admin&quot; }<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is sending a POST request to a hypothetically unsecured endpoint (`\/modify_privileges`) that changes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33117-privileged-user-vulnerability-in-ibm-qradar-siem\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62967\">privilege level of a user<\/a>. The payload contains the ID of the user whose <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-13759-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-avira-prime-1-1-96-2\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59433\">privileges are to be escalated<\/a> (`target_user`), and the new privilege level to be assigned (`admin`).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users and administrators of the affected RomanCode MapSVG versions are strongly advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it becomes available. In the meantime, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as temporary mitigation to monitor and possibly block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24274-input-validation-issue-exploitable-via-malicious-app-on-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"59602\">malicious traffic exploiting<\/a> this vulnerability. Regularly updating your software and maintaining a robust security infrastructure are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-35940-hard-coded-jwt-signing-key-vulnerability-in-archiverspaapi-asp-net-application\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63025\">key to reducing the risk of future vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview In the ever-evolving landscape of cybersecurity threats, the Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability, identified as CVE-2025-47561, poses a significant risk to users and administrators of the RomanCode MapSVG software. This vulnerability allows privilege escalation, meaning that users with lower-level access can gain unauthorized elevated privileges, potentially leading to system compromise or data leakage. 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