CVE-2025-34300 (GCVE-0-2025-34300)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-16 12:57 – Updated: 2026-05-26 11:51
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Sawtooth Software Lighthouse Studio < 9.16.14 Pre-Authentication RCE
Summary
A template injection vulnerability exists in Sawtooth Software’s Lighthouse Studio versions prior to 9.16.14 via the ciwweb.pl http://ciwweb.pl/ Perl web application. Exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands.
Severity
SSVC
Exploitation: poc
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-07-16 14:27 UTC
CWE
Assigner
References
3 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://sawtoothsoftware.com/resources/software-d… | productpatch |
| https://slcyber.io/assetnote-security-research-ce… | technical-description |
| https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sawtooth-sof… | third-party-advisory |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sawtooth Software | Lighthouse Studio |
Affected:
0 , < 9.16.14
(semver)
|
guessed |
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