CVE-2025-8679

ExtremeGuest Essentials Captive Portal Unauthenticated Brute Force

Published Oct 1, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 7.6 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In ExtremeGuest Essentials before 25.5.0, captive-portal may permit unauthorized access via manual brute-force procedure. Under certain ExtremeGuest Essentials captive-portal SSID configurations, repeated manual login attempts may allow an unauthenticated device to be marked as authenticated and obtain network access. Client360 logs may display the client MAC as the username despite no MAC-authentication being enabled.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Fixed in 25.5.0 or later.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Extremenetworks
Extremenetworks extremeguest Essentials
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:extremenetworks:extremeguest_essentials:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Extremenetworks
Extremenetworks extremeguest Essentials
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks extremeguest Essentials
Vendors & Products Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks extremeguest Essentials
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In ExtremeGuest Essentials before 25.5.0, captive-portal may permit unauthorized access via manual brute-force procedure. Under certain ExtremeGuest Essentials captive-portal SSID configurations, repeated manual login attempts may allow an unauthenticated device to be marked as authenticated and obtain network access. Client360 logs may display the client MAC as the username despite no MAC-authentication being enabled.
Title ExtremeGuest Essentials Captive Portal Unauthenticated Brute Force
Weaknesses CWE-307
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ExtremeNetworks
Published
Updated
Oct 1, 2025, 5:29 PM
Reserved
Aug 6, 2025, 6:32 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Oct 1, 2025, 6:15 PM
Modified
Oct 12, 2026, 3:10 PM