Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Application up to 5.2.48 improper authentication

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Application up to 5.2.48. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-23116. The attack must be carried out from within the local network. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Ubiquiti UniFi Protect Application up to 5.2.48 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An Authentication Bypass vulnerability on UniFi Protect Application with Auto-Adopt Bridge Devices enabled could allow a malicious actor with access to UniFi Protect Cameras adjacent network to take control of UniFi Protect Cameras.

The advisory is available at community.ui.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-23116 since 01/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. Access to the local network is required for this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 5.2.49 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at community.ui.com.

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Productinfo

Vendor

• Ubiquiti

Name

• UniFi Protect Application

Version

• 5.2.0
• 5.2.1
• 5.2.2
• 5.2.3
• 5.2.4
• 5.2.5
• 5.2.6
• 5.2.7
• 5.2.8
• 5.2.9
• 5.2.10
• 5.2.11
• 5.2.12
• 5.2.13
• 5.2.14
• 5.2.15
• 5.2.16
• 5.2.17
• 5.2.18
• 5.2.19
• 5.2.20
• 5.2.21
• 5.2.22
• 5.2.23
• 5.2.24
• 5.2.25
• 5.2.26
• 5.2.27
• 5.2.28
• 5.2.29
• 5.2.30
• 5.2.31
• 5.2.32
• 5.2.33
• 5.2.34
• 5.2.35
• 5.2.36
• 5.2.37
• 5.2.38
• 5.2.39
• 5.2.40
• 5.2.41
• 5.2.42
• 5.2.43
• 5.2.44
• 5.2.45
• 5.2.46
• 5.2.47
• 5.2.48

License

• commercial

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