CVE-2025-52136 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2025-52136

In EMQX before 5.8.6, administrators can install arbitrary novel plugins...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

EMQX
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: August 10th, 2025
Last Modified: August 12th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-754

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalation
Privilege Escalation
T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection