PT-2025-48948 · Plugin Alliance · Plugin Alliance Installation Manager

Simon Bertrand · Published 2025-12-03 · Updated 2025-12-03 · CVE-2025-55076

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.2

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Plugin Alliance Installation Manager version 1.4.0

Description A local privilege escalation issue exists in the InstallationHelper service of Plugin Alliance Installation Manager. The service allows unauthenticated XPC connections and uses system() to execute input, potentially enabling a local user to run arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Recommendations Update to a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the InstallationHelper service until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

LPE

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-55076

Affected Products

Plugin Alliance Installation Manager

References · 6

• 🔥 https://almightysec.com/plugin-alliance-helpertool-xpc-service-local-privilege-escalation · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-55076 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-55076 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1996261687645859979 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1996290585955647702 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/38764 · Telegram Post