IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0-5.0.12 Authenticated Info Disclosure
CVE-2025-33136 Published on May 22, 2025
IBM Aspera Faspex data modification
IBM Aspera Faspex 5.0.0 through 5.0.12 could allow an authenticated user to obtain sensitive information or perform unauthorized actions on behalf of another user due to improper protection of assumed immutable data.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2025-33136 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality, with no impact on integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a MAID Vulnerability?
The software does not properly protect an assumed-immutable element from being modified by an attacker. This occurs when a particular input is critical enough to the functioning of the application that it should not be modifiable at all, but it is. Certain resources are often assumed to be immutable when they are not, such as hidden form fields in web applications, cookies, and reverse DNS lookups.
CVE-2025-33136 has been classified to as a MAID vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2025-33136
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Affected Versions
IBM Aspera Faspex:- Version 5.0.0, <= 5.0.12 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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