Privilege Elevation in Ercom Cryptobox administration console
Priority LOW 28CWE-1220Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
On a Cryptobox platform where administrator segregation based on entities is used, some vulnerabilities in Ercom Cryptobox administration console allows an authenticated entity administrator with knowledge to elevate his account to global administrator.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00282 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Cryptobox (Ercom): v4.40.x
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Cryptobox (Ercom) Fixed in v4.40.x
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-0873
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cx4q-rcwp-3qpw
References
More Ercom vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-05075 Vulnerability in Cryptobox allows an authenticated user to trigger an account lockout CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 4.9
- TI-2025-13037 Cross-site request forgery in Ercom Cryptobox CVSS 4.0LOW 0.6
Sources
- CVE-2026-0873 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-0873 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-cx4q-rcwp-3qpw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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