CVE-2025-62914
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 · uneditedMissing Authorization vulnerability in anibalwainstein Effect Maker effect-maker allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Effect Maker: from n/a through <= 1.2.1.
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 confidenceMissing authorization vulnerability in Effect Maker allows attackers to bypass access control security levels due to incorrectly configured security settings, potentially enabling unauthorized access to application functions or data.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
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
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm Effect Maker installationIdentify if the Effect Maker application is installed or running in your environment. Check for executables, services, or web applications named 'Effect Maker' or associated components.Affected if Effect Maker is present in the environment
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Locate configuration filesSearch for configuration files related to Effect Maker, typically found in installation directories, config folders, or application data paths. Look for files named config, settings, security, or permissions.Affected if Configuration files exist and are accessible
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Inspect security level settingsExamine security configuration files for security_level, access_control, authorization, or privilege settings. Check if security levels are defined and properly set.Affected if Security level settings exist but are set to allow bypass or are misconfigured (e.g., disabled, set to low, or missing enforcement)
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Verify authorization enforcementReview application code or configuration to determine if authorization checks are implemented and enforced on sensitive endpoints, functions, or data access points.Affected if Authorization checks are missing, disabled, or not properly enforced across application functions
If Effect Maker is installed with security configurations that allow bypassing access control (security levels misconfigured or authorization checks missing), the environment is affected by this vulnerability.
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 dataReview and enforce proper authorization checks across all application endpoints and implement appropriate access control security levels consistent with the principle of least privilege.
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- Implementation10.0 h
- Testing4.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2025-62914 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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