VulnerabilityPublished 10 Aug 2025Updated 12 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-8814: atjiu pybbs · Cross-Site Request Forgery

Affects atjiu pybbsSource CVE Database V5

Public exploit available · CVSS 5.3 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 15:59 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

5.3Medium

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

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 29% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P

Base metrics

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: None
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: Passive
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None
Vulnerable system integrity: Low
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Threat metrics

Exploit Maturity: POC

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

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, 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: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: None: The successful attack does not depend on the deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system. The attacker can expect to be able to reach the vulnerability and execute the exploit under all or most instances of the vulnerability.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files of the vulnerable system to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: Passive: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires limited interaction by the targeted user with the vulnerable system and the attacker’s payload. These interactions would be considered involuntary and do not require that the user actively subvert protections built into the vulnerable system.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact to the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Exploit Maturity: POC: Based on threat intelligence sources each of the following must apply: · Proof-of-concept is publicly available · No knowledge of reported attempts to exploit this vulnerability · No knowledge of publicly available solutions used to simplify attempts to exploit the vulnerability

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Aug 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: evidence found.
CVSS exploit maturity: proof of concept public
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), CVSS vector, 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

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
atjiu pybbs	Affected =6.0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

European organizations should promptly apply the official patch identified by commit 8aa2bb1aef3346e49aec6358edf5e47ce905ae7b to their atjiu pybbs installations. Beyond patching, implementing anti-CSRF tokens in all state-changing requests is critical to prevent unauthorized request forgery. Web application firewalls (WAFs) can be configured to detect and block suspicious CSRF patterns. Organizations should also enforce secure cookie attributes such as SameSite=strict or lax to limit cookie transmission in cross-site requests. User education to recognize phishing attempts can reduce the risk of user interaction-based exploitation. Regular security audits and monitoring for unusual user activity on pybbs platforms can help detect exploitation attempts early. Finally, restricting the exposure of pybbs administrative interfaces to trusted networks or VPNs can reduce attack surface.

Description

A vulnerability was found in atjiu pybbs up to 6.0.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function setCookie of the file src/main/java/co/yiiu/pybbs/util/CookieUtil.java. The manipulation leads to cross-site request forgery. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is named 8aa2bb1aef3346e49aec6358edf5e47ce905ae7b. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Impact

For European organizations using atjiu pybbs version 6.0.0 or earlier, this vulnerability poses a risk of unauthorized actions being executed on their web forums or community platforms. While the impact on confidentiality and availability is minimal, the integrity of user actions and data can be compromised, potentially leading to unauthorized changes such as modifying user settings, posting unwanted content, or other state-changing operations. This can degrade user trust and platform reliability. Organizations handling sensitive discussions or user-generated content may face reputational damage or compliance issues if attackers exploit this vulnerability. Since the exploit requires user interaction, phishing or social engineering campaigns could be used to trigger the CSRF attacks. The lack of known active exploitation reduces immediate risk, but the public disclosure increases the likelihood of future attacks, especially targeting less vigilant or unpatched systems.

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