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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-58841

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

Published Sep 5, 2025 · catalog updated Apr 28, 2026 · John Luetke Media Author

Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-58841. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of John Luetke Media Author is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.32%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor John Luetke Media Author 0 ≤1.0.4

Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor John Luetke Media Author 0 ≤1.0.40 ≤1.0.4

How to fix CVE-2025-58841

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-58841. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of John Luetke Media Author is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with John Luetke Media Author 0 ≤1.0.4 0 ≤1.0.4. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 5, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

  2. Apr 28, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-58841

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-58841

    30-day exploitation probability 0.32%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-26936

    Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in John Luetke Media Author media-author allows Privilege Escalation.This issue affects Media Author: from n/a through <= 1.0.4.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 21, 2026
  • EUVDOct 21, 2026