CVE-2025-59827 describes a critical access control vulnerability in Flag Forge version 2.1.0, where the /api/admin/assign-badge endpoint allows any authenticated user to assign high-privilege badges, including Staff roles, to themselves. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, enabling privilege escalation and administrative impersonation. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the vulnerability has been patched in version 2.2.0.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:flagforge:flagforge:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N
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