CVE Alert: CVE-2025-52136
Vulnerability Summary: CVE-2025-52136
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.
Affected Endpoints:
No affected endpoints listed.
Published Date:
8/10/2025, 4:15:33 AM
❄️ CVSS Score:
Exploit Status:
Not ExploitedEPS Score: 0.00025 | Ranking EPS: 0.05021
References:
- https://docs.emqx.com/en/emqx/latest/dashboard/introduction.html
- https://docs.emqx.com/en/emqx/latest/deploy/install-docker.html
- https://github.com/ricardojoserf/emqx-RCE
Recommended Action:
No proposed action available. Please refer to vendor documentation for updates.
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