Vulnerability · Published Aug 3, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB
CVE-2025-8513Caixin News App com.caixin.news AndroidManifest.xml improper export of android application components
Medium 5.3
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in News App from Caixin. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.1% (higher than 4% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Caixin News App 8.0.1 on Android. Affected is an unknown function of the file AndroidManifest.xml of the component com.caixin.news. The manipulation leads to improper export of android application components. Local access is required to approach this attack. 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)
Weakness: CWE-926 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
References
- VDB-318612 | Caixin News App com.caixin.news AndroidManifest.xml improper export of android application components vdb-entry
- VDB-318612 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, IOA) signature, permissions-required
- Submit #619029 | Caixin Media Company Limited Caixin News 8.0.1 Task Hijacking third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/KMov-g/androidapps/blob/main/com.caixin.news.md exploit