CVE-2025-8548
CVE-2025-8548 — atjiu pybbs Registered Email SettingsApiController.java sendEmailCode information exposure
A vulnerability was found in atjiu pybbs up to 6.0.0 and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function sendEmailCode of the file src/main/java/co/yiiu/pybbs/controller/api/SettingsApiController.java of the component Registered Email Handler. The manipulation of the argument email leads to information exposure through error message. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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 identifier of the patch is 234197c4f8fc7ce24bdcff5430cd42492f28936a. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.
Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, VulDB
Triage
Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.
Exploitation
Unreported
no source claims exploitation
EPSS
0%
chance of exploitation in 30 days
CVSS base
3.7
LOW
CISA SSVC assessment
Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.
Exploitation
PoC
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Partial
partial · total control of the vulnerable component
Affected scope
The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.
Vendors (1)
Products (1)
Every base score collected
Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.
| Score | Version | Severity | Expl. | Impact | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.7 | CVSS 3.1 | LOW | — | — | cvelistV5 |
Weakness & attack patterns
- CWE-209
- CWE-200
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1562.003Impair Defenses: Impair Command History Logging
- T1574.006Hijack Execution Flow: Dynamic Linker Hijacking
- T1574.007Hijack Execution Flow: Path Interception by PATH Environment Variable
Detection
Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not rules we have tested.
- Search application, proxy, and WAF logs for requests touching /main/java/co/yiiu/pybbs/controller/api/SettingsApiController.java.
References
7 on the record
- vuldb.com/?id.318677
vdb-entry, technical-description
- vuldb.com/?ctiid.318677
signature, permissions-required
- vuldb.com/?submit.622186
third-party-advisory
- github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/202
issue-tracking
- github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/202#issuecomment-3134602615
issue-tracking
- github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/202#issue-3256293499
exploit, issue-tracking
- github.com/atjiu/pybbs/commit/234197c4f8fc7ce24bdcff5430cd42492f28936a
patch
Elsewhere on this site
Not in any source we poll
Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.
- No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
- No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
- No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.