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MineAdmin Scheduled Tasks Insecure Permissions Command Execution and Account Takeover

CVE advisorySeverity: CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8)

CVE-2025-65854

MineAdmin is a web-based administration platform. Such products are typically deployed as web applications and often exposed to networks to facilitate remote management, making them commonly internet-facing or reachable via standard web deployment patterns.

Code Injection

Mineadmin

before 3.0

Halo Surface Signal: 4 out of 5 — likely to be public-facing.

External exposure likelihood

Horizon Alert

Summary of the vulnerability and why it matters

MineAdmin v3.x has a critical vulnerability that could allow unauthorized individuals to gain complete control of accounts by executing commands without needing any prior access or credentials. This issue affects the platform's scheduled tasks feature.

Unsecured tasks allow full account takeover.
Critical issue risks full system compromise.
Confirm relevance and exposure; monitor for impacts.

Attack Path

How an attacker could exploit the issue

An attacker could exploit a vulnerability in MineAdmin's scheduled tasks feature by leveraging insecure permissions. This could allow them to execute arbitrary commands on the system, potentially leading to a full account takeover.

No authentication required.
Triggered via scheduled tasks feature.
Arbitrary command execution and account takeover.

Live Threat

Current exploitation, exposure, and threat context

This vulnerability could allow an unauthenticated attacker to gain complete control of the MineAdmin system. When supported by the advisory, this could lead to the execution of arbitrary commands, potentially affecting system integrity and enabling unauthorized access to user data or sensitive information managed by the application.

System commands and administrative control.
Unauthenticated remote command execution.
Full account takeover and system compromise.

Operational Fix

Recommended remediation, mitigation, and detection steps

This critical vulnerability in MineAdmin's scheduled tasks feature allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve account takeover via arbitrary command execution. The first step is for the platform or infrastructure team to locate all instances of MineAdmin, confirm their exposure and business criticality, and identify the accountable owner for remediation.

Platform or Infrastructure teams own remediation.
Verify MineAdmin instances and exposure.
Plan coordinated maintenance and vendor engagement.

Supplementary metadata

CVSS vector

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Frequently asked questions

What is MineAdmin?

MineAdmin is a web-based administration platform designed to help users manage systems through a centralized interface. Because it provides administrative control, it is commonly deployed as a web application, allowing operators to oversee tasks, services, or server configurations remotely over a network.

What is CWE-94 in the context of CVE-2025-65854?

CWE-94 refers to Improper Control of Generation of Code, or code injection. In this CVE, it means the software's scheduled tasks feature fails to properly validate inputs. Because of this weakness, an attacker can trick the system into treating unauthorized instructions as valid commands, leading to remote execution and potential account takeover.

How can an attacker trigger this vulnerability?

An attacker triggers this by interacting with the affected scheduled tasks feature in MineAdmin. The flaw does not require the attacker to have prior access, valid credentials, or user interaction. Conversely, simply viewing the management dashboard without attempting to manipulate or create scheduled tasks will not trigger the command execution process.

Why should I care about this CVE if my instance is internal?

Halo Surface Signal identifies MineAdmin as a platform typically exposed to networks for remote management. While internet-facing instances are at the highest risk for unauthenticated access, internal instances remain vulnerable to any actor or compromised device already present within your network perimeter. Access control and network segmentation are vital to limiting reachability.

Do I need to take action if I use MineAdmin?

Yes. First, perform an inventory to locate all active MineAdmin instances across your infrastructure and identify the specific teams responsible for each. Verify if these instances are accessible from the network, document your business dependency on them, and prepare for maintenance or updates from the vendor to resolve the insecure permissions.

References

Written by Nicholas Merritt

Nicholas Merritt is VP of Security Solutions at Halo Security. With more than 25 years across application security, vulnerability prioritization, and offensive security, he helps teams translate threat data into practical exposure validation and remediation focus. He authors Halo Threat Intelligence CVE advisories using Halo Surface Signal and H/A/L/O context to prioritize internet-facing risk.