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CVE-2025-48986VulnerabilityPublished

Revive Adserver · Authorization Bypass

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-48986· High 8.8

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.8 High.

Data as of 13 Nov 2026, 21:09 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score
8.8High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

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CVSS scores by source
CNA (hackerone)CVSS 3.08.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 20 Nov 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 13 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Users should monitor vendor advisories for updates and consider restricting access to the forgot password functionality or limiting user privileges until a fix is released.

Description

Revive Adserver versions 5.5.2, 6.0.1, and earlier contain an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows a logged-in attacker to change other users' email addresses and potentially take over their accounts via the forgot password functionality.

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