Vulnerability · Published May 10, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-4525Discord WINSTA.dll uncontrolled search path

High 7.0

In plain English

A high-severity uncontrolled search path in Discord. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 29% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.0High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 71.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	Discord	1.0.9188

Weakness: CWE-427, CWE-426 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

VDB-308270 | Discord WINSTA.dll uncontrolled search path vdb-entry
VDB-308270 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #562788 | Discord 1.0.9188 Uncontrolled Search Path third-party-advisory
https://gist.github.com/shellkraft/ac4be6a3953e2889a7bf54aea2db88c2 exploit