cve-2025-8359
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-06 02:24
Modified
2025-09-08 20:14
Severity ?
Summary
AdForest <= 6.0.9 - Authentication Bypass to Admin
Impacted products
scriptsbundleAdForest
Show details on NVD website


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