VulnerabilityPublished 22 Jul 2025Updated 23 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-51867: Deepfiction AI · Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR)

Source CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.5 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 12:55 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

6.5Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 30% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker is authorized with (i.e., requires) privileges that provide basic user capabilities that could normally affect only settings and files owned by a user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges may have the ability to cause an impact only to non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 22 Jul 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by 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 26 Oct 2026.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC or the CVSS exploit maturity reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

AI-suggested

To mitigate this vulnerability, Deepfiction AI should implement strict authorization checks on the /browse/stories endpoint to ensure that users can only access their own credit information and related resources. This includes validating user identity against the requested resource and enforcing access control policies server-side. Employing token-based or session-based authentication mechanisms with proper scope restrictions can help prevent unauthorized access. Additionally, implementing rate limiting and anomaly detection can reduce the risk of abuse by detecting unusual credit usage patterns. European organizations using the platform should monitor their credit usage closely and report any suspicious activity to the service provider. Until a patch or fix is available, organizations might consider limiting user privileges or restricting access to the platform to trusted personnel only. Regular security assessments and penetration testing focusing on authorization controls can help identify similar issues proactively. Finally, Deepfiction AI should provide clear communication and timely patches to users once the vulnerability is addressed.

Description

Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in Deepfiction AI (deepfiction.ai) thru June 3, 2025, allowing attackers to chat with the LLM using other users' credits via sensitive information gained by the /browse/stories endpoint.

Impact

For European organizations, the primary impact of this vulnerability lies in the unauthorized use of resources and potential financial loss if credits correspond to paid services. Organizations relying on Deepfiction AI for content generation or other AI-driven tasks may face unexpected costs or depletion of allocated credits. Additionally, if the platform is used in regulated industries or for sensitive content generation, unauthorized access to user credits could lead to privacy concerns or misuse of AI-generated outputs. While the vulnerability does not directly impact data integrity or availability, the confidentiality breach of user credit information could undermine trust in the service. Furthermore, if attackers leverage this flaw at scale, it could disrupt normal business operations by exhausting resources, leading to service degradation or denial of service for legitimate users. The medium severity rating reflects that while the impact is significant in terms of confidentiality and resource misuse, it does not directly compromise system integrity or availability. European organizations should be aware of potential indirect impacts such as reputational damage and compliance risks, especially under GDPR if personal data is indirectly exposed or misused through this vulnerability.

CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #24OWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The system's authorization functionality does not prevent one user from gaining access to another user's data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
Architecture and Design
For each and every data access, ensure that the user has sufficient privilege to access the record that is being requested.
Architecture and Design · Implementation
Make sure that the key that is used in the lookup of a specific user's record is not controllable externally by the user or that any tampering can be detected.
Architecture and Design
Use encryption in order to make it more difficult to guess other legitimate values of the key or associate a digital signature with the key so that the server can verify that there has been no tampering.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Access Control (opens in a new tab)
Authorization Testing Automation (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Request Forgery Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Insecure Direct Object Reference Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V4.1.2 (opens in a new tab)
V4.2.1 (opens in a new tab)
V8.3.8 (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

github.com/Secsys-FDU/CVE-2025-51867 (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 30 Jul 2025, 01:37 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-639

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