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CVE-2025-12480: Gladinet Triofox Improper Access Control Vulnerability

CVE-2025-12480 is rated critical with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 and affects Gladinet Triofox. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication, without any user interaction. CISA added it to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-11-12, which means exploitation in the wild has been observed.

Vulnerability description

Triofox versions prior to 16.7.10368.56560, are vulnerable to an Improper Access Control flaw that allows access to initial setup pages even after setup is complete.

Severity breakdown

CVSS v3.1 9.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network, with no need for local or physical access.
Attack complexity: Low. No special conditions; the attack can be repeated reliably.
Privileges required: None. No account or prior access is needed.
User interaction: None. No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged. Impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: High. Total loss of confidentiality; sensitive data can be fully disclosed.
Integrity impact: High. Total loss of integrity; data or system state can be fully modified.
Availability impact: None. No effect on availability.

Underlying weakness

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Affected products

Gladinet Triofox: before 16.7.10368.56560