{"id":83394,"date":"2025-10-20T23:20:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T23:20:19","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-21T01:45:31","modified_gmt":"2025-10-21T07:45:31","slug":"cve-2025-50674-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-openmediavault-7-4-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50674-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-openmediavault-7-4-17\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-50674: Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in OpenMediaVault 7.4.17<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A critical vulnerability has been discovered in OpenMediaVault 7.4.17, potentially allowing attackers to escalate privileges to root level. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of CVE-2025-50674, detailing the potential threat it poses to data security and system integrity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-50674<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: User<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-26397-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-solarwinds-observability-self-hosted\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90519\">Privilege escalation<\/a> to root, potentially resulting in system compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2077692460\" 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: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\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: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\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: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>OpenMediaVault | 7.4.17<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54709-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-uxper-sala\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90474\">vulnerability resides in the changePassword method in the \/usr\/share\/php\/openmediavault\/system\/user.inc file<\/a>. A local authenticated attacker can exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8570-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-beyondcart-connector-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90494\">vulnerability to escalate their privileges<\/a> to root level, potentially allowing them to compromise the system or leak data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1869316562\" 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>While no specific <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7848-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-ni-labview-potentially-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90468\">code is provided for this vulnerability<\/a>, the conceptual exploitation could involve an authenticated user changing their password in a manner that manipulates the system and escalate their privileges. It could look something like this:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">changePassword($user, $current_password, $new_password, $root_privileges = true);<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this conceptual example, the attacker modifies the changePassword function to include a parameter that grants <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43248-high-risk-logic-issue-allows-root-privilege-escalation-in-macos\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90693\">root privileges<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Remediation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As a mitigation measure, it is strongly advised to apply vendor-provided patches immediately. In case of patch unavailability, users are advised to use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation. Regularly updating and patching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55047-critical-system-vulnerability-through-use-of-hard-coded-credentials\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"90512\">systems can significantly reduce the risk of such vulnerabilities<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A critical vulnerability has been discovered in OpenMediaVault 7.4.17, potentially allowing attackers to escalate privileges to root level. This report provides a comprehensive analysis of CVE-2025-50674, detailing the potential threat it poses to data security and system integrity. Vulnerability Summary CVE ID: CVE-2025-50674 Severity: High (7.8 CVSS Score) Attack Vector: Local Privileges Required: User [&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-83394","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\/83394","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=83394"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83636,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83394\/revisions\/83636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83394"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=83394"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=83394"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=83394"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=83394"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=83394"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=83394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}