CVE-2025-27822

HIGH

Masquerade module <1.x-1.0.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in the Masquerade module before 1.x-1.0.1 for Backdrop CMS. It allows people to temporarily switch to another user account. The module provides a "Masquerade as admin" permission to restrict people (who can masquerade) from switching to an account with administrative privileges. This permission is not always honored and may allow non-administrative users to masquerade as an administrator. This vulnerability is mitigated by the fact that an attacker must have a role with the "Masquerade as user" permission.

References (1)

Core 1

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0027
EPSS Percentile 19.0%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (1)
backdropcms/Masquerade < 1.x-1.0.1
Published Mar 07, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026