What is CVE-2025-13492?

CVE-2025-13492 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Image Assistant, classified under Race Condition Enabling Link Following. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-12-03.

How severe is CVE-2025-13492?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in HP Image Assistant

CVE-2025-13492

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HP Image Assistant for versions prior to 5.3.3. The vulnerability could potentially allow a local attacker to escalate privileges via a race condition when installing packages.

Published 2025-12-03 · last modified 2026-10-18.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (0.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 0th percentile — 0.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

HP Image Assistant
HP Inc Image Assistant — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-363 — Race Condition Enabling Link Following

References

support.hp.com/us-en/document/ish_13505078-13505143-16/hpsbgn04078 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-13492?: CVE-2025-13492 is a high-severity vulnerability in HP Image Assistant, classified under Race Condition Enabling Link Following. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-12-03.
How severe is CVE-2025-13492?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.