Improper Access ControlWeakness · CWE-284

CVE-2025-32992

HIGH · 8.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-08-18
Mitigation only
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91/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable 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
Thermo Fisher Scientific ePort through 3.0.0 has Incorrect Access Control.

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 · moderate confidence

Thermo Fisher Scientific ePort through version 3.0.0 contains an Incorrect Access Control vulnerability, allowing unauthorized users to access privileged functionality or sensitive data that should be restricted. The CVSS 8.5 score indicates network-exploitable access control weakness likely without authentication, potentially enabling attackers to bypass authorization mechanisms.

MitigationRemediate by reviewing and enforcing proper authorization checks across all endpoints and functions, implementing role-based access control (RBAC) with explicit permission validation, and conducting comprehensive access control testing to verify enforcement.

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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
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
None

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

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

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  1. Confirm Thermo Fisher Scientific ePort is present
    Identify if the Thermo Fisher Scientific ePort application is installed in the environment. Look for its web interface, service, or installation directory.
    Affected if The product is present and running in the environment.
  2. Determine the installed ePort version
    Locate the version information for the ePort installation. Check the application web interface for version details, or inspect the installation directory for version files or metadata.
    Affected if The installed version is 3.0.0 or any earlier version (versions through 3.0.0 are affected).
  3. Identify the web interface endpoint
    Determine the base URL or network address where ePort exposes its web interface. This is typically accessible over HTTP/HTTPS on the network.
    Affected if The ePort web interface is network-accessible.
  4. Test for unauthenticated access to sensitive endpoints
    Send HTTP requests to known ePort endpoints (such as administrative, data access, or configuration paths) without providing authentication credentials. Observe whether the application returns privileged content or allows access to restricted functionality.
    Affected if The application returns sensitive data or grants access to privileged functionality without requiring authentication.
  5. Verify authorization enforcement on protected resources
    Attempt to access protected API endpoints, user data endpoints, or administrative functions using a request without valid session tokens or authorization headers.
    Affected if The application permits access to resources that should require authorization.

If Thermo Fisher Scientific ePort version 3.0.0 or lower is running and its web interface allows unauthorized access to privileged functionality or sensitive data without authentication, the environment is affected by CVE-2025-32992.

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

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Remediate by reviewing and enforcing proper authorization checks across all endpoints and functions, implementing role-based access control (RBAC) with explicit permission validation, and conducting comprehensive access control testing to verify enforcement.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation12.0 h
  • Testing8.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
28.0 hours of engineering $4,880
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