flaskBlog is a blog app built with Flask. In 2.8.0 and earlier, an arbitrary user can change his role to "admin", giving its relative privileges (e.g. delete users, posts, comments etc.). The problem is in the routes/adminPanelUsers file.
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Tue, 19 Aug 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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Description flaskBlog is a blog app built with Flask. In 2.8.0 and earlier, an arbitrary user can change his role to "admin", giving its relative privileges (e.g. delete users, posts, comments etc.). The problem is in the routes/adminPanelUsers file.
Title flaskBlog allows arbitrary privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-425
CWE-807
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2025-08-19T19:04:00.564Z

Updated: 2025-08-19T19:29:09.500Z

Reserved: 2025-08-14T22:31:17.683Z

Link: CVE-2025-55736

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-19T19:28:58.842Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-19T19:15:37.837

Modified: 2025-08-20T14:40:17.713

Link: CVE-2025-55736

cve-icon Redhat

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