CVE-2025-8679
In ExtremeGuest Essentials before 25.5.0, captive-portal may permit unauthorized access via manual brute-force procedure. Under certain ExtremeGuest Essentials captive-portal SSID configurations, repeated manual login attempts may allow an unauthenticated device to be marked as authenticated and obtain network access. Client360 logs may display the client MAC as the username despite no MAC-authentication being enabled.
Published:Oct 1, 2025
Last Modified:Jan 15, 2026
EPS:Oct 1, 2025
EPSS Score:0.00035
CVSS Score:9.8
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Extreme Networks
Product
Extremeguest Essentials
Extreme Networks
Extremeguest Essentials
Vendor
Extremenetworks
Product
Extremeguest Essentials
Extremenetworks
Extremeguest Essentials
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
