CVE-2025-52136 – EMQX Unvalidated Plugin Installation Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-52136 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution
of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by [email protected]

    Aug. 10, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Tag disputed
    Added Description In EMQX before 5.8.6, administrators can install arbitrary novel plugins via the Dashboard web interface. NOTE: the Supplier’s position is that this is the intended behavior; however, 5.8.6 adds a defense-in-depth feature in which a plugin’s acceptability (for later Dashboard installation) is set by the “emqx ctl plugins allow” CLI command.
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N
    Added CWE CWE-754
    Added Reference https://docs.emqx.com/en/emqx/latest/dashboard/introduction.html
    Added Reference https://docs.emqx.com/en/emqx/latest/deploy/install-docker.html
    Added Reference https://github.com/ricardojoserf/emqx-RCE
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