CVE-2025-62688
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 · uneditedAn incorrect permission assignment for a critical resource vulnerability was discovered in Productivity Suite software version 4.4.1.19. The vulnerability allows an attacker with low-privileged credentials to change their role, gaining full control access to the project.
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 confidenceA critical permission assignment vulnerability in Productivity Suite v4.4.1.19 allows authenticated low-privileged users to escalate their privileges by modifying their role assignment, bypassing authorization controls and gaining full project administration access.
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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
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify Productivity Suite installationLocate the Productivity Suite application and determine its installed version. Check the application manifest, about page, or version file (common locations: installation directory, config file, or application metadata).Affected if The installed version matches v4.4.1.19 or falls within the affected version range.
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Verify user role modification capabilityAccess the user profile or role assignment settings within Productivity Suite as a low-privileged authenticated user. Attempt to modify your own role or permission level through the UI or API endpoint.Affected if Low-privileged users can modify their own role assignment to a higher privileged role (e.g., project administrator) without proper authorization validation.
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Inspect role-based access control enforcementReview the application configuration files or RBAC implementation to confirm whether server-side validation exists for permission modification requests. Check endpoint handlers that process role changes.Affected if Server-side RBAC validation is missing, weak, or can be bypassed when users submit role modification requests.
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Review permission modification audit logsExamine Productivity Suite audit logs, access logs, or security event logs for any recent role assignment changes, particularly those elevating low-privileged users to administrator roles.Affected if Audit logs show unauthorized privilege escalation events or role modifications performed by non-administrator accounts.
A user is affected if Productivity Suite v4.4.1.19 is installed and low-privileged authenticated users can modify their own role assignments to gain elevated (project administrator) access without proper server-side authorization checks.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict server-side role-based access control (RBAC) validation ensuring users cannot elevate their own permissions beyond what is explicitly permitted for their account tier, and audit all permission modification endpoints.
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