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CVE-2025-53265: CWE-352 Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Elena Yamshikova Virusdie

Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2025-53265cvecve-2025-53265cwe-352
Published: Fri Jun 27 2025 (06/27/2025, 13:21:10 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Vendor/Project: Elena Yamshikova
Product: Virusdie

Description

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Elena Yamshikova Virusdie allows Cross Site Request Forgery. This issue affects Virusdie: from n/a through 1.1.3.

AI-Powered Analysis

AILast updated: 06/27/2025, 14:40:09 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2025-53265 is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability identified in the Virusdie product developed by Elena Yamshikova. The vulnerability affects versions up to 1.1.3, though the exact range of affected versions is not fully specified. CSRF vulnerabilities occur when an attacker tricks an authenticated user into submitting a forged request to a web application, causing the application to perform unwanted actions on behalf of the user without their consent. In this case, the vulnerability allows an attacker to induce state-changing actions (integrity impact) and potentially cause denial of service (availability impact) by exploiting the lack of proper anti-CSRF protections in Virusdie. The CVSS v3.1 base score is 5.4, indicating a medium severity level. The vector string (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L) shows that the attack can be performed remotely over the network without privileges and requires user interaction (e.g., clicking a malicious link). The attacker does not gain confidentiality impact but can affect integrity and availability. No known exploits are currently reported in the wild, and no patches or fixes have been linked yet. Virusdie is a security tool used primarily for website security monitoring and malware scanning, which means that exploitation could disrupt security operations or alter configurations, potentially undermining the security posture of affected organizations.

Potential Impact

For European organizations using Virusdie, this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized changes in security configurations or disruption of security monitoring services, reducing their ability to detect or respond to threats effectively. Since Virusdie is often used by webmasters and security teams to monitor website health and malware presence, a successful CSRF attack could result in altered settings, disabled protections, or denial of service, increasing the risk of further compromise. The integrity and availability impacts could affect business continuity and incident response capabilities. Although confidentiality is not directly impacted, the indirect effects of compromised security controls could expose organizations to secondary attacks. The requirement for user interaction means phishing or social engineering campaigns could be used to trigger the exploit, which is a common attack vector in Europe. Organizations with web-facing infrastructure and security teams relying on Virusdie should be particularly cautious.

Mitigation Recommendations

To mitigate this vulnerability, European organizations should implement the following specific measures: 1) Immediately monitor for updates or patches from Elena Yamshikova or Virusdie developers and apply them as soon as available. 2) Until a patch is released, restrict access to the Virusdie management interface to trusted IP addresses or VPNs to reduce exposure to CSRF attacks. 3) Educate users and administrators about the risks of clicking unsolicited links or opening suspicious emails that could trigger CSRF attacks. 4) Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with rules to detect and block suspicious cross-site requests targeting Virusdie endpoints. 5) Review and harden session management and authentication mechanisms to ensure tokens or cookies are not easily exploitable. 6) Consider implementing additional anti-CSRF tokens or headers if customization of Virusdie is possible. 7) Conduct regular security audits and penetration tests focusing on web application vulnerabilities including CSRF to detect similar issues proactively.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.1
Assigner Short Name
Patchstack
Date Reserved
2025-06-27T11:58:33.815Z
Cvss Version
3.1
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 685ea032f6cf9081996a7958

Added to database: 6/27/2025, 1:44:18 PM

Last enriched: 6/27/2025, 2:40:09 PM

Last updated: 8/18/2025, 9:01:16 AM

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