CVE-2025-2242 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-2242
Vulnerability Scoring

7.5

/10

Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2025-2242 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

Attack Complexity: High
Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
Attack Vector: Network
Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
Privileges Required: Low
Some privileges are necessary to exploit the vulnerability.
Scope: Unchanged
Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
User Interaction: None
No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-2242 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕐 13 Aug 2025, 01:13 UTC
Originally published on: 🕐 27 Mar 2025, 13:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 138 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

cve@gitlab.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2025-2242 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-2242: An improper access control vulnerability in GitLab CE/EE affecting all versions from 17.4 prior to 17.8.6, 17.9 prior to 17.9.3, and 17.10 prior to 17.10.1 allows a user who was an instance admin before but has since been downgraded to a regular user to continue to maintain elevated privileges to groups and projects.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-2242

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-2242 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-2242

This vulnerability, CVE-2025-2242, requires a high level of attack complexity and low privileges, making it difficult but not impossible to exploit. Organizations should ensure robust security configurations to mitigate risks.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-2242, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-2242, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Confidentiality: High
Exploiting CVE-2025-2242 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
Integrity: High
CVE-2025-2242 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
Availability: High
CVE-2025-2242 can disrupt system operations, potentially causing complete denial of service (DoS).

CVE-2025-2242 References

External References

https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/516271

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

Vulnerable Configurations

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