Vulnerability · Published Nov 20, 2025 · Assigned by hackerone

CVE-2025-48986

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in Revive Adserver from Revive. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 52% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.0)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Authorization bypass in Revive Adserver 5.5.2 and 6.0.1 and earlier versions causes an logged in attacker to change other users' email address and potentialy take over their accounts using the forgot password functionality.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Revive Revive Adserver 5 – through 5.5.26 – through 6.0.1

Weakness: CWE-284 · Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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