MaxtimeApplication · Q Free

CVE-2025-26345

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-12
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to after 2.11.0 or later.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A CWE-306 "Missing Authentication for Critical Function" in maxprofile/menu/routes.lua in Q-Free MaxTime less than or equal to version 2.11.0 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to edit user group permissions via crafted HTTP requests.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

Missing authentication check in maxprofile/menu/routes.lua of Q-Free MaxTime traffic management software versions 2.11.0 and earlier allows unauthenticated remote attackers to modify user group permissions via specially crafted HTTP requests to the web interface.

MitigationUpgrade Q-Free MaxTime to a version greater than 2.11.0 which includes the authentication patch, or implement authentication enforcement on the affected routes. Network segmentation can limit exposure while patching is planned.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
MaxtimeApplication
Affected:<= 2.11.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify MaxTime installation version
    Check the software version through the web interface (typically in About/Help section) or by querying the application directly
    Affected if The installed version is 2.11.0 or earlier
  2. Locate routes.lua file
    Inspect the maxprofile/menu/routes.lua file in the web application directory
    Affected if The file exists and lacks authentication decorators or checks on permission modification routes
  3. Verify web interface exposure
    Determine if the MaxTime web interface is accessible from untrusted networks by testing HTTP access to the application URL
    Affected if The web interface is reachable without VPN or network segmentation from untrusted networks
  4. Test affected endpoint accessibility
    Send a crafted HTTP POST request to the permission modification endpoint (typically /maxprofile/menu/routes or similar) without providing authentication credentials
    Affected if The request is accepted and processed without requiring authentication

You are affected if MaxTime version 2.11.0 or earlier is running and the web interface (specifically the maxprofile/menu/routes endpoint for user group permissions) is accessible without authentication credentials.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Upgrade available Upgrade to a release after 2.11.0
Interim mitigation

Upgrade Q-Free MaxTime to a version greater than 2.11.0 which includes the authentication patch, or implement authentication enforcement on the affected routes. Network segmentation can limit exposure while patching is planned.

Fix this in Maxtime Scoped from the published advisory
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