Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Absolute (CVE-2025-54089)
Summary
Cross-site scripting in Absolute (CVE-2025-54089). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
CVE-2025-54089 is a cross-site scripting vulnerability in versions
of secure access prior to 14.10. Attackers with administrative access to the
console can interfere with another administrator’s access to the console. The
attack complexity is low; there are no attack requirements. Privileges required
to execute the attack are high and the victim must actively participate in the
attack sequence. There is no impact to confidentiality or availability, there
is a low impact to integrity.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-54089 has been found in Absolute.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 3.4/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Absolute CVE-2025-54089" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-54089 (Absolute) — CWE-79 / CVSS v3 3.4
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable)
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.
Cross-site scripting (XSS) (CWE-79) exists in Absolute.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Absolute.
Severity: Low (CVSS 3.4/10). 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. Run grep -r 'Absolute' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) 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
grep -r 'Absolute' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Absoluteを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
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。