# CVE-2025-71421: UVdesk core-framework privilege escalation in editAgent endpoint

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-71421-uvdesk-core-framework-before-1-1-7-contains-an-improper-privilege  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-09-21. Updated: 2026-09-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-71421 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.2 · Published 2026-09-21

UVdesk core-framework is a helpdesk platform that manages support tickets, agents, and customer communications. An agent with basic privileges can exploit the editAgent API endpoint to promote themselves to administrator, gaining full control over all agents, tickets, and email configuration. This allows a compromised or malicious agent account to take over the entire helpdesk system.

Technologies: [UVdesk Core-Framework](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/core-framework). Vendors: [UVdesk](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/uvdesk).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-71421 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-71421 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-71421?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 21 September 2026.

**Which products and versions are affected?** UVdesk Core-Framework before 1.1.7.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-71421?** A patch was published on 2026-09-19: Version 1.1.8 released with privilege validation fix Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.

**How is CVE-2025-71421 attacked?** It is attacked over the network, in a software library.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-71421?** Check whether you run UVdesk Core-Framework at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Technical details

The vulnerability is an improper privilege management flaw in the editAgent endpoint that fails to validate role escalation requests. An authenticated agent with agent-management privilege can submit their own account identifier with a role parameter set to ROLE_ADMIN to bypass authorization checks. The fix was released in version 1.1.8, which addressed the access privilege validation issue in the core-framework.

## Affected products

- UVdesk core-framework before 1.1.7

## Timeline

- 2026-09-21: disclosed
- 2026-09-19: patched: Version 1.1.8 released with privilege validation fix

## References

- [https://github.com/uvdesk/community-skeleton/releases/tag/v1.1.8](https://github.com/uvdesk/community-skeleton/releases/tag/v1.1.8)
- [https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework](https://github.com/uvdesk/core-framework)

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