Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2025-8796LitmusChaos Litmus Delete Request delete_project authorization

Medium 5.4

In plain English

A medium-severity missing authorization 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 38% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.4Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.4%top 62.2% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been found in LitmusChaos Litmus up to 3.19.0 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /auth/delete_project/ of the component Delete Request Handler. The manipulation of the argument projectID leads to missing authorization. The attack can 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-862, CWE-863 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-319324 | LitmusChaos Litmus Delete Request delete_project authorization vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-319324 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #625989 | Open-Source LitmusChaos 3.19.0 Unauthorized Project Deletion via Missing Authorization Checks third-party-advisory
https://github.com/MaiqueSilva/VulnDB/blob/main/readme06.md exploit