CVE-2025-8549
CVE-2025-8549 — atjiu pybbs UserAdminController.java update weak password
A vulnerability was found in atjiu pybbs up to 6.0.0. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function update of the file src/main/java/co/yiiu/pybbs/controller/admin/UserAdminController.java. The manipulation leads to weak password requirements. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The patch is identified as d09cb19a8e7d7e5151282926ada54080244d499f. 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-521
Attack patterns reported against this CVE. The ATT&CK techniques below are inferred from its weakness class.
- T1110Brute Force
- T1110.001Brute Force: Password Guessing
- T1558.003Steal or Forge Kerberos Tickets: Kerberoasting
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/admin/UserAdminController.java.
References
7 on the record
- vuldb.com/?id.318678
vdb-entry, technical-description
- vuldb.com/?ctiid.318678
signature, permissions-required
- vuldb.com/?submit.622187
third-party-advisory
- github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/201
issue-tracking
- github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/201#issuecomment-3134733216
issue-tracking
- github.com/atjiu/pybbs/issues/201#issue-3256288016
exploit, issue-tracking
- github.com/atjiu/pybbs/commit/d09cb19a8e7d7e5151282926ada54080244d499f
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.