CVE-2025-55736

flaskBlog allows arbitrary privilege escalation

Published Aug 19, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
flaskBlog is a blog app built with Flask. In 2.8.0 and earlier, an arbitrary user can change his role to "admin", giving its relative privileges (e.g. delete users, posts, comments etc.). The problem is in the routes/adminPanelUsers file.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2025-28607 flaskBlog is a blog app built with Flask. In 2.8.0 and earlier, an arbitrary user can change his role to "admin", giving its relative privileges (e.g. delete users, posts, comments etc.). The problem is in the routes/adminPanelUsers file.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:dogukanurker:flaskblog:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Dogukanurker
Dogukanurker flaskblog
Vendors & Products Dogukanurker
Dogukanurker flaskblog
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description flaskBlog is a blog app built with Flask. In 2.8.0 and earlier, an arbitrary user can change his role to "admin", giving its relative privileges (e.g. delete users, posts, comments etc.). The problem is in the routes/adminPanelUsers file.
Title flaskBlog allows arbitrary privilege escalation
Weaknesses CWE-425
CWE-807
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 19, 2025, 7:29 PM
Reserved
Aug 14, 2025, 10:31 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Aug 19, 2025, 7:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 9:42 AM