CVE-2025-27703
MEDIUMDescription
CVE-2025-27703 is a privilege escalation vulnerability in the management console of Absolute Secure Access prior to version 13.54. Attackers with administrative access to a specific subset of privileged features in the console can elevate their permissions to access additional features in the console. The attack complexity is low, there are no preexisting attack requirements; the privileges required are high, and there is no user interaction required. The impact to system confidentiality is low, the impact to system integrity is high and the impact to system availability is low.
How to fix
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Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.
CVSS v3 Vector
Exploitability
Impact
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
Exploit Intelligence
Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 22% of all known CVEs.
References
Related Vulnerabilities
Other CWE-281 vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all
| CVE | Severity | CVSS | EPSS | Exploited | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-8543 | Critical | 9.8 | 74% | KEV | - |
| CVE-2019-0233 | High | 7.5 | 68% | - | - |
| CVE-2017-8589 | Critical | 9.8 | 24% | - | - |
| CVE-2021-33990 | Critical | 9.8 | 12% | - | - |
| CVE-2017-8578 | High | 7.8 | 6.3% | - | - |
| CVE-2017-8563 | High | 8.1 | 5.9% | - | - |
Common questions
How do I fix CVE-2025-27703?
Upgrade secure access to 13.54 or later.
Is CVE-2025-27703 being actively exploited?
Not that we know of. CVE-2025-27703 is not in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Its EPSS score of 0.30% is the estimated probability that it will be exploited in the next 30 days. That is higher than 22% of all scored CVEs.
How severe is CVE-2025-27703?
CVE-2025-27703 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.0, rated medium. CVSS rates the technical impact if the vulnerability is exploited, not how likely that is, so weigh it alongside the exploit-prediction score when you decide what to patch first.
What does CVE-2025-27703 affect?
Published advisories record a fix for secure access (NVD). Only products with a sourced advisory are listed, so treat this as what we can cite rather than a complete inventory.
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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-06-04.