{"id":74618,"date":"2025-09-12T23:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T23:58:25","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-23T02:49:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-23T08:49:31","slug":"cve-2025-22956-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-opsi-before-4-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-22956-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-opsi-before-4-3\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-22956: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in OPSI Before 4.3<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability CVE-2025-22956 poses a significant threat to systems running versions of OPSI before 4.3. This issue allows any client to access other clients&#8217; ProductPropertyStates, potentially leading to privilege escalation. If a ProductPropertyState contains a secret that should be accessible only to a specific subset of clients, this flaw may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-35451-unchangeable-hard-coded-credentials-in-ptzoptics-cameras-expose-users-to-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88230\">expose it to unauthorized users<\/a>. For instance, a domain join <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43930-hashview-0-8-1-account-takeover-via-password-reset-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91349\">account password<\/a> for the windomain package.<br \/>\nThis is a serious concern because it can enable unauthorized users to gain elevated privileges, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82914\">leading to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage. Therefore, it is crucial that organizations using the affected versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8913-critical-local-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-wellchoose-s-organization-portal-system\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82424\">OPSI<\/a> take immediate steps to mitigate this vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-22956<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (9.8)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27216-privilege-escalation-in-uisp-application-due-to-incorrect-permission-assignment\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84372\">Privilege escalation<\/a>, potential system compromise, and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1574692263\" 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>OPSI | Before 4.3<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An attacker exploiting this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49381-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-ads-txt-guru\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82395\">vulnerability would send a request<\/a> to the OPSI server with the intention to retrieve the ProductPropertyState of another client. Since the server does not adequately validate the request, it can return <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55443-android-telpo-mdm-exposes-sensitive-data-in-plaintext\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89320\">sensitive data<\/a>, including secrets associated with other clients&#8217; ProductPropertyStates. The attacker can then use these secret credentials to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-20704-remote-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-modem\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84787\">escalate their privileges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-480331252\" 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85444\">vulnerability might be exploited using an HTTP request<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/opsi-api\/v1\/ProductPropertyState\/{Client_ID} HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json\nAuthorization: Bearer {Attacker_token}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker sends a GET request to the OPSI server to retrieve the ProductPropertyState associated with another client&#8217;s ID (represented by `{Client_ID}`). The server does not verify whether the requestor has the necessary privileges to access this information, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7051-unauthorized-access-and-manipulation-of-syslog-configuration-in-n-central\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84622\">unauthorized access<\/a> and potential privilege escalation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are advised to apply the vendor patch to correct this flaw as soon as it&#8217;s available. As a temporary mitigation measure, users may consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31100-unrestricted-file-upload-leads-to-web-shell-deployment-in-mojoomla-school-management\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84705\">deploying a Web<\/a> Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and block unauthorized requests. Additionally, review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-29514-high-severity-access-control-vulnerability-in-d-link-dsl-7740c-router\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83188\">access controls<\/a> and ensure that they are properly configured to restrict access to sensitive information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The vulnerability CVE-2025-22956 poses a significant threat to systems running versions of OPSI before 4.3. This issue allows any client to access other clients&#8217; ProductPropertyStates, potentially leading to privilege escalation. If a ProductPropertyState contains a secret that should be accessible only to a specific subset of clients, this flaw may expose it to unauthorized [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-74618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74618","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74618"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84380,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74618\/revisions\/84380"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74618"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=74618"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=74618"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=74618"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=74618"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=74618"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=74618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}