Is CVE-2025-48986 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-48986 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-11-25.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-48986?

CVE-2025-48986 has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2025-48986?

Patch guidance is available from revive-adserver security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2025-48986.

Fix CVE-2025-48986 - HIGH revive-adserver revive adserver

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2025-48986?

2 products: revive-adserver revive adserver, revive-adserver revive adserver.

Description

Authorization bypass in Revive Adserver 5.5.2 and 6.0.1 and earlier versions causes an logged in attacker to change other users' email address and potentialy take over their accounts using the forgot password functionality.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: low
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-284

Metadata

Primary Vendor: REVIVE-ADSERVER
Published: 11/20/2025
Last Modified: 11/25/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

CVE-2025-48986

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