CVE-2025-34300
Sawtooth Software Lighthouse Studio < 9.16.14 Pre-Authentication RCE
A template injection vulnerability exists in Sawtooth Software’s Lighthouse Studio versions prior to 9.16.14 via the ciwweb.pl http://ciwweb.pl/ Perl web application. Exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
10.0
Sawtooth Software Lighthouse Studio < 9.16.14 Pre-Authentication RCE
A template injection vulnerability exists in Sawtooth Software’s Lighthouse Studio versions prior to 9.16.14 via the ciwweb.pl http://ciwweb.pl/ Perl web application. Exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands.
- Record
CVE-2025-34300- CVSS 4.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-1336
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-21694
10.0
A template injection vulnerability exists in Sawtooth Software’s Lighthouse Studio versions prior to 9.16.14 via the ciwweb.pl http://ciwweb.pl/ Perl web application. Exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands.
- Record
EUVD-2025-21694- CVSS 4.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-m8mc-qpg2-g56x
10.0
A template injection vulnerability exists in Sawtooth Software’s Lighthouse Studio versions prior...
A template injection vulnerability exists in Sawtooth Software’s Lighthouse Studio versions prior to 9.16.14 via the ciwweb.pl http://ciwweb.pl/ Perl web application. Exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands.
- Record
GHSA-m8mc-qpg2-g56x- CVSS 4.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
10.0
A template injection vulnerability exists in Sawtooth Software’s Lighthouse Studio versions prior to 9.16.14 via the ciwweb.pl http://ciwweb.pl/ Perl web application. Exploitation allows an unauthenticated attacker can execute arbitrary commands.
- Record
CVE-2025-34300- CVSS 4.0
- 10.0 Critical
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-1336
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Metasploit | Template Injection Vulnerability in Sawtooth Software's Lighthouse Studio (CVE-2025-34300) | 2025-07-16 |
| Nuclei | SawtoothSoftware Lighthouse Studio < 9.16.14 - Pre-Auth Remote Code Execution | |
| PoC in GitHub | jisi-001/CVE-2025-34300POC | 2025-09-01 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, Metasploit, Nuclei, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-34300 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Sawtooth Software Lighthouse Studio, published July 16, 2025. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 81.3%, the 99th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
sawtoothsoftware.com/resources/software-downloads/lighthouse-studio/version-history
slcyber.io/assetnote-security-research-center/rce-in-the-most-popular-survey-software-youve-never-heard-of
vulncheck.com/advisories/sawtooth-software-lighthouse-studio-preauthentication-rce
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-34300
sawtoothsoftware.com/resources/software-downloads/lighthouse-studio
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m8mc-qpg2-g56x