Community DevelopmentApplication · Centralsquare

CVE-2025-64281

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-11-12
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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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
An Authentication Bypass issue in CentralSquare Community Development 19.5.7 allows attackers to access the admin panel without admin credentials.

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

An authentication bypass vulnerability in CentralSquare Community Development version 19.5.7 allows unauthenticated attackers to gain unauthorized access to the administrative panel without requiring valid admin credentials. This critical flaw bypasses the authentication mechanism entirely.

MitigationApply vendor-supplied patch or upgrade to a patched version when available. If no patch exists, implement network-level access controls to restrict admin panel access to trusted IP ranges, or temporarily disable external admin panel access until remediation is available.

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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
Community DevelopmentApplication
Affected:= 19.5.7

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. Confirm CentralSquare Community Development version
    Identify the installed version of CentralSquare Community Development in your environment. Check software inventory systems, installation records, or the application itself for version information.
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 19.5.7
  2. Determine admin panel network exposure
    Review network configurations, firewall rules, or access control lists to determine if the admin interface is accessible from untrusted networks or the internet.
    Affected if The admin panel is exposed to untrusted or external networks
  3. Examine authentication logs for anomalous access
    Review authentication and access logs for the application, focusing on successful admin logins, failed authentication attempts, or access from unexpected IP addresses that may indicate exploitation attempts.
    Affected if Logs show admin access from unknown sources or unusual authentication patterns
  4. Audit admin user accounts
    Inspect the list of administrative users in the system for unfamiliar accounts, newly created admin accounts, or accounts that were not authorized by your organization.
    Affected if Unauthorized or unknown admin accounts exist in the system

You are affected if CentralSquare Community Development version 19.5.7 is running and the admin panel is network-accessible, as the authentication bypass permits unauthenticated attackers to gain administrative access.

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

Apply vendor-supplied patch or upgrade to a patched version when available. If no patch exists, implement network-level access controls to restrict admin panel access to trusted IP ranges, or temporarily disable external admin panel access until remediation is available.

Fix this in Community Development Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation3.0 h
  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing4.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
15.0 hours of engineering $2,640
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