CVE-2025-42616

CSRF vulnerability in CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup

Published Dec 8, 2025 CVSS 4.0 · 7 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Some endpoints in vulnerability-lookup that modified
application state (e.g. changing database entries, user data,
configurations, or other privileged actions) may have been accessible
via HTTP GET requests without requiring a CSRF token. This flaw leaves
the application vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks:
an attacker who tricks a logged-in user into visiting a malicious
website could cause the user’s browser to issue GET requests that
perform unintended state-changing operations in the context of their
authenticated session.


Because the server would treat these GET requests as valid (since no
CSRF protection or POST method enforcement was in place), the attacker
could exploit this to escalate privileges, change settings, or carry out
other unauthorized actions without needing the user’s explicit consent
or awareness. 
The fix ensures that all state-changing endpoints now require HTTP POST
requests and include a valid CSRF token. This enforces that state
changes cannot be triggered by arbitrary cross-site GET requests. This issue affects Vulnerability-Lookup: before 2.18.0.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Circl
Circl vulnerability-lookup
Vendors & Products Circl
Circl vulnerability-lookup
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Some endpoints in vulnerability-lookup that modified application state (e.g. changing database entries, user data, configurations, or other privileged actions) may have been accessible via HTTP GET requests without requiring a CSRF token. This flaw leaves the application vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks: an attacker who tricks a logged-in user into visiting a malicious website could cause the user’s browser to issue GET requests that perform unintended state-changing operations in the context of their authenticated session. Because the server would treat these GET requests as valid (since no CSRF protection or POST method enforcement was in place), the attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges, change settings, or carry out other unauthorized actions without needing the user’s explicit consent or awareness.  The fix ensures that all state-changing endpoints now require HTTP POST requests and include a valid CSRF token. This enforces that state changes cannot be triggered by arbitrary cross-site GET requests. This issue affects Vulnerability-Lookup: before 2.18.0. Some endpoints in vulnerability-lookup that modified application state (e.g. changing database entries, user data, configurations, or other privileged actions) may have been accessible via HTTP GET requests without requiring a CSRF token. This flaw leaves the application vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks: an attacker who tricks a logged-in user into visiting a malicious website could cause the user’s browser to issue GET requests that perform unintended state-changing operations in the context of their authenticated session. Because the server would treat these GET requests as valid (since no CSRF protection or POST method enforcement was in place), the attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges, change settings, or carry out other unauthorized actions without needing the user’s explicit consent or awareness.  The fix ensures that all state-changing endpoints now require HTTP POST requests and include a valid CSRF token. This enforces that state changes cannot be triggered by arbitrary cross-site GET requests. This issue affects Vulnerability-Lookup: before 2.18.0.
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Some endpoints in vulnerability-lookup that modified application state (e.g. changing database entries, user data, configurations, or other privileged actions) may have been accessible via HTTP GET requests without requiring a CSRF token. This flaw leaves the application vulnerable to Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) attacks: an attacker who tricks a logged-in user into visiting a malicious website could cause the user’s browser to issue GET requests that perform unintended state-changing operations in the context of their authenticated session. Because the server would treat these GET requests as valid (since no CSRF protection or POST method enforcement was in place), the attacker could exploit this to escalate privileges, change settings, or carry out other unauthorized actions without needing the user’s explicit consent or awareness.  The fix ensures that all state-changing endpoints now require HTTP POST requests and include a valid CSRF token. This enforces that state changes cannot be triggered by arbitrary cross-site GET requests. This issue affects Vulnerability-Lookup: before 2.18.0.
Title CSRF vulnerability in CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup
Weaknesses CWE-352
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
ENISA
Published
Updated
Dec 8, 2025, 2:46 PM
Reserved
Apr 16, 2025, 12:34 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Dec 8, 2025, 1:15 PM
Modified
Oct 14, 2026, 10:10 PM