CVE-2025-52667VulnerabilityPublished 20 Nov 2025Updated 1 Dec 2025

CVE-2025-52667: Revive Adserver · Cross-site Scripting

Affects Revive AdserverSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 3.5 Low.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.0 base score

3.5Low

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

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 34% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: Low
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: Required: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires a user to take some action before the vulnerability can be exploited.
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: Low: There is some loss of confidentiality. Access to some restricted information is obtained, but the attacker does not have control over what information is obtained, or the amount or kind of loss is limited. The information disclosure does not cause a direct, serious loss to the impacted component.
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 20 Nov 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 2026-10-25.

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 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

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Revive Revive Adserver	Affected =6 =5	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-52667, European organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Apply any available patches or updates from Revive as soon as they are released; 2) Enforce strict Content Security Policies (CSP) to restrict the execution of unauthorized scripts within the ad server management interface; 3) Implement rigorous input validation and sanitization on all user-supplied data, especially in scripts handling JSON content; 4) Limit manager account access to trusted personnel and enforce strong authentication mechanisms, including multi-factor authentication (MFA); 5) Regularly audit manager accounts and monitor for unusual activity that could indicate exploitation attempts; 6) Use web application firewalls (WAFs) configured to detect and block XSS payloads targeting the ad server; 7) Educate administrators about phishing and social engineering risks that could lead to credential compromise; 8) Consider isolating the management interface behind VPNs or IP whitelisting to reduce exposure; 9) Conduct periodic security assessments and penetration testing focused on the ad server environment to identify residual risks.

Description

Missing JSON Content-Type header in a script in Revive Adserver 6.0.1 and 5.5.2 and earlier versions causes a stored XSS attack to be possible for a logged in manager user.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of CVE-2025-52667 is primarily a risk to confidentiality within the Revive Adserver management interface. If an attacker gains manager-level access, they could inject scripts that steal sensitive information such as session cookies or credentials, potentially leading to further compromise of advertising infrastructure or data leakage. While the vulnerability does not directly affect the integrity or availability of the ad server, the exposure of administrative credentials or session tokens could enable attackers to manipulate ad campaigns or disrupt service indirectly. Organizations heavily reliant on digital advertising platforms, especially those managing multiple campaigns or sensitive user data, may face reputational damage and operational disruptions if this vulnerability is exploited. The requirement for authenticated access and user interaction reduces the likelihood of widespread automated exploitation but does not eliminate insider threats or risks from compromised credentials. European entities with stringent data protection regulations (e.g., GDPR) must consider the confidentiality risks and ensure timely remediation to avoid compliance issues.

CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighCWE Top 25 (2025): #1OWASP Top 10 A05:2025: Injection (opens in a new tab)
The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users.
Architecture and Design · Libraries or Frameworks
Use a vetted library or framework that does not allow this weakness to occur or provides constructs that make this weakness easier to avoid.
Implementation · Architecture and Design
Understand the context in which your data will be used and the encoding that will be expected. This is especially important when transmitting data between different components, or when generating outputs that can contain multiple encodings at the same time, such as web pages or multi-part mail messages.
Architecture and Design · Implementation · Attack Surface Reduction
Understand all the potential areas where untrusted inputs can enter your software: parameters or arguments, cookies, anything read from the network, environment variables, reverse DNS lookups, query results, request headers, URL components, e-mail, files, filenames, databases, and any external systems that provide…
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Cross Site Scripting Prevention (opens in a new tab)
DOM based XSS Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Injection Prevention (opens in a new tab)
Abuse Case (opens in a new tab)
Deserialization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V5.3.3 (opens in a new tab)
V1.5.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
XSS Using MIME Type Mismatch (opens in a new tab)
DOM-Based XSS (opens in a new tab)
Reflected XSS (opens in a new tab)
Stored XSS (opens in a new tab)
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

hackerone.com/reports/3399809 (opens in a new tab)

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 4 Dec 2025, 20:58 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-79

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