Vulnerability · Published Apr 23, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2025-27581

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in BRICS from NIH. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 32% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 68.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack tooling1Public PoC

Official description

NIH BRICS (aka Biomedical Research Informatics Computing System) through 14.0.0-67 allows users who lack the InET role to access the InET module via direct requests to known endpoints.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NIH BRICS 0 – through 14.0.0-67

Weakness: CWE-425 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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