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High 7.8Published Feb 19, 2026

CVE-2025-15561Local Privilege Escalation in NesterSoft WorkTime

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It affects NesterSoft Inc. WorkTime (on-prem/cloud) and 1 other product. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.

No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

An attacker can exploit the update behavior of the WorkTime monitoring daemon to elevate privileges on the local system to NT Authority\SYSTEM. A malicious executable must be named  WTWatch.exe and dropped in the C:\ProgramData\wta\ClientExe directory, which is writable by "Everyone". The executable will then be run by the WorkTime monitoring daemon.

CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
SEC-VLab
NVD analysis
Analyzed
Record last updated
Feb 23, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
NesterSoft Inc. WorkTime (on-prem/cloud)
nestersoft:worktime_on_prem_cloud (from the name)
through 11.8.8
CNA record
nestersoft worktime
nestersoft:worktime
through 11.8.8; through 11.8.8
NVD

References

References

The CVE record is authoritative. Products marked “from the name” were identified from the CNA's free-text names, not a CPE, and are matched less certainly. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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