Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-8791LitmusChaos Litmus list_projects improper authorization

Medium 6.3

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Litmus from LitmusChaos. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)6.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 67.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was found in LitmusChaos Litmus up to 3.19.0. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /auth/list_projects. The manipulation of the argument role leads to improper authorization. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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
LitmusChaos	Litmus	3.03.13.23.33.43.53.63.7

Weakness: CWE-285, CWE-266 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-319319 | LitmusChaos Litmus list_projects improper authorization vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-319319 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #625949 | Open-Source Web LitmusChaos 3.19.0 Privilege Chaining third-party-advisory
https://github.com/MaiqueSilva/VulnDB/blob/main/readmi1.md exploit