01 Record
CVE-2025-15561
Local Privilege Escalation in NesterSoft WorkTime
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: SEC-VLab
CNA base score7.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Local Privilege Escalation in NesterSoft WorkTime
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Public exploit code exists. CISA's assessment records a public proof of concept. That is not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationpocPublic proof-of-concept exploit code exists. Not a report of exploitation in the wild.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.12% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 1.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-02-19 10:53Z8 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-23 18:26Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-02-04
- Assigning CNA
- SEC-VLab
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 2537e91f671e341422408752679e5cc91e289c5a712d81454d994b9375bdb9d2
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- r.sec-consult.comhttps://r.sec-consult.com/worktime
07 Remediation
The vendor did not respond to our communication attempts anymore. It is currently as of February 2026 unclear, whether a patch is available. Please contact the vendor to request a patch for the identified critical security issues.