Vulnerability in DeskTime Time Tracking App (CVE-2025-10539)
Summary
Vulnerability in DeskTime Time Tracking App (CVE-2025-10539). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Due to improper TLS certificate validation in the DeskTime Time Tracking App before version 1.3.674, attackers who can position themselves in the network path between the client and the DeskTime update servers can return a malicious executable in response to an update request. This allows the attacker to achieve user-level remote code execution on the affected client.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-10539 has been found in DeskTime Time Tracking App.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 4.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "DeskTime Time Tracking App CVE-2025-10539" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-10539 (DeskTime Time Tracking App) — CWE-295 / CVSS v3 4.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-295) exists in DeskTime Time Tracking App.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of DeskTime Time Tracking App.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.8/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで DeskTime Time Tracking App を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory r.sec-consult.com
- advisory sec-consult.com
- exploit seclists.org
- exploit seclists.org
- web desktime.com