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CVE-2025-29007: CWE-862 Missing Authorization in LMSACE LMSACE Connect

Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-29007cvecve-2025-29007cwe-862
Published: Fri Jul 04 2025 (07/04/2025, 08:42:18 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: LMSACE
Product: LMSACE Connect

Description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in LMSACE LMSACE Connect allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. This issue affects LMSACE Connect: from n/a through 3.4.

AI-Powered Analysis

AILast updated: 07/14/2025, 21:14:37 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2025-29007 is a medium severity vulnerability classified under CWE-862, which pertains to Missing Authorization in the LMSACE Connect product by LMSACE. This vulnerability arises due to incorrectly configured access control security levels, allowing an attacker with limited privileges (PR:L - privileges required: low) to perform actions or access resources beyond their authorized scope. The vulnerability does not require user interaction (UI:N) and can be exploited remotely (AV:N - attack vector: network). The impact is limited to integrity (I:L) with no direct confidentiality or availability impact. The vulnerability affects versions of LMSACE Connect up to 3.4, although specific affected versions are not fully enumerated. The lack of proper authorization checks means that an attacker with low-level privileges could potentially modify or manipulate data or system configurations that they should not have access to, leading to unauthorized changes within the LMSACE Connect environment. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild, and no patches have been linked yet. The vulnerability was reserved in March 2025 and published in July 2025, indicating it is a recent discovery.

Potential Impact

For European organizations using LMSACE Connect, this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized modification of learning management system data or configurations, potentially compromising the integrity of educational content, user records, or administrative settings. This could disrupt training programs, compliance tracking, or certification processes critical to regulated industries such as finance, healthcare, and manufacturing. While confidentiality and availability are not directly impacted, integrity violations can undermine trust in the system and lead to operational inefficiencies or regulatory non-compliance. Given the remote exploitability and low privilege requirement, attackers could leverage this vulnerability to escalate privileges or pivot to other parts of the network if combined with additional vulnerabilities. Organizations relying heavily on LMSACE Connect for employee training or compliance management should be particularly vigilant.

Mitigation Recommendations

European organizations should immediately conduct a thorough access control audit of their LMSACE Connect deployments, verifying that authorization checks are correctly implemented and enforced across all user roles and functions. Until an official patch is released, consider implementing compensating controls such as restricting network access to LMSACE Connect interfaces to trusted IP ranges, enforcing strict role-based access controls (RBAC), and monitoring logs for unusual activities indicative of unauthorized access attempts. Additionally, organizations should prepare to apply patches promptly once available and test them in staging environments to ensure no regressions. Regularly updating and hardening the underlying infrastructure hosting LMSACE Connect, including applying OS and network security best practices, will reduce the attack surface. User training to recognize suspicious system behavior and incident response plans tailored to LMSACE Connect should also be enhanced.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2025-03-11T08:11:02.522Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 686796cb6f40f0eb729fa579

Added to database: 7/4/2025, 8:54:35 AM

Last enriched: 7/14/2025, 9:14:37 PM

Last updated: 7/22/2025, 4:25:20 AM

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