Mautic up to 4.4.17/5.2.8/6.0.6 authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Mautic up to 4.4.17/5.2.8/6.0.6 and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-13828. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Mautic up to 4.4.17/5.2.8/6.0.6. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-862. The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SummaryA non privileged user can install and remove arbitrary packages via composer for a composer based installed, even if the flag in update settings for enable composer based update is unticked. ImpactA low-privileged user of the platform can install malicious code to obtain higher privileges.

The weakness was shared by Jason Woods as GHSA-3fq7-c5m8-g86x. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-13828 since 12/01/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 4.4.18, 5.2.9 or 6.0.7 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at EUVD (EUVD-2025-200275) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2721). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Open Source Mautic

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Name

• Mautic

Version

• 4.4.0
• 4.4.1
• 4.4.2
• 4.4.3
• 4.4.4
• 4.4.5
• 4.4.6
• 4.4.7
• 4.4.8
• 4.4.9
• 4.4.10
• 4.4.11
• 4.4.12
• 4.4.13
• 4.4.14
• 4.4.15
• 4.4.16
• 4.4.17
• 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
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/mautic/mautic/

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