What is CVE-2025-12480?

CVE-2025-12480 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gladinet Triofox, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-12480?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-12480 known to be exploited?

Yes. CVE-2025-12480 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-11-12), indicating it is being actively exploited.

Vulnerability in Gladinet Triofox

CVE-2025-12480

Triofox versions prior to 16.7.10368.56560, are vulnerable to an Improper Access Control flaw that allows access to initial setup pages even after setup is complete.

Published 2025-11-10 · last modified 2026-10-19.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.1 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.957 (99.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-18.

Very high probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — among the top 0.1% most-likely-to-be-exploited CVEs. 100th percentile — 99.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.905 · newest: 0.957 · change: +0.052

Affected products

Gladinet Triofox
Triofox — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-284 — Improper Access Control

CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

This CVE is on the CISA KEV catalog, added on 2025-11-12. CISA KEV inclusion means CISA has confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; US federal agencies are required to remediate within a published due date.

BOD 22-01 due date: 2025-12-03.

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

References

github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2025/MNDT-2025-0008.md (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
www.triofox.com/ (Product, product)
access.triofox.com/releases_history/ (release-notes, Release Notes)
cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/triofox-vulnerability-cve-2025… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (US Government Resource)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12480?: CVE-2025-12480 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Gladinet Triofox, classified under Improper Access Control. CVSS score: 9.1/10. Published 2025-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-12480?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-12480 known to be exploited?: Yes. CVE-2025-12480 is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2025-11-12), indicating it is being actively exploited.