In ExtremeGuest Essentials before 25.5.0, captive-portal may permit unauthorized access via manual brute-force procedure. Under certain ExtremeGuest Essentials captive-portal SSID configurations, repeated manual login attempts may allow an unauthenticated device to be marked as authenticated and obtain network access. Client360 logs may display the client MAC as the username despite no MAC-authentication being enabled.
History

Thu, 02 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks extremeguest Essentials
Vendors & Products Extreme Networks
Extreme Networks extremeguest Essentials

Wed, 01 Oct 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description In ExtremeGuest Essentials before 25.5.0, captive-portal may permit unauthorized access via manual brute-force procedure. Under certain ExtremeGuest Essentials captive-portal SSID configurations, repeated manual login attempts may allow an unauthenticated device to be marked as authenticated and obtain network access. Client360 logs may display the client MAC as the username despite no MAC-authentication being enabled.
Title ExtremeGuest Essentials Captive Portal Unauthenticated Brute Force
Weaknesses CWE-307
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: ExtremeNetworks

Published:

Updated: 2025-10-01T17:29:42.134Z

Reserved: 2025-08-06T18:32:44.244Z

Link: CVE-2025-8679

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-10-01T17:29:38.894Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-10-01T18:15:46.880

Modified: 2025-10-01T18:15:46.880

Link: CVE-2025-8679

cve-icon Redhat

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