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CVE-2025-55014VulnerabilityPublished Updated

The YouDao plugin for StarDict, as used in stardict 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6 in Debian trixie and elsewhere, sends an

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Authoritative record:CVE-2025-55014· Medium 4.7

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 4.7 Medium.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026, 17:56 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
4.7Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
CVSS scores by source
CNA (mitre)CVSS 3.14.7
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 4 Aug 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 4 Nov 2026.

What to do

AI-suggested

Users should be aware that the data transmitted by the YouDao plugin is not encrypted and may be intercepted. Consider disabling the YouDao plugin or avoiding use of this feature until a fix is available.

Description

The YouDao plugin for StarDict, including the version 3.0.7+git20220909+dfsg-6 used in Debian trixie, transmits X11 selection data to dict.youdao.com and dict.cn servers over unencrypted HTTP connections. This behavior exposes the data to potential interception during transmission.

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