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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2025-48986

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.

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CVE-2025-48986
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3 Nov 2026, 04:43 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2025-48986

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Nov 2025, 19:11 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2025-48986
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-48986",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2025-48986",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2025-48986",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2025-48986",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2025-48986"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/revive-adserver/revive-adserver",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "672de5d24610163d8cd9f9ea70f82bdaba511d2d"
                },
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                  "introduced": "d30dee449a2da3d687c66fc4c162ed0b3e39482c"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "1b81cb7e8d2babd447a91652da21100f6d34c8cd"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:revive-adserver:revive_adserver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                        "introduced": "0"
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                        "last_affected": "5.5.2"
                      }
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                        "last_affected": "6.0.1"
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            "v5.3.0",
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            "v5.2.1",
            "v5.2.0",
            "v5.1.1",
            "v5.1.0",
            "v5.1.0-rc1",
            "v5.0.5",
            "v5.0.4",
            "v5.0.3",
            "v5.0.1",
            "v5.0.0",
            "v5.0.0-rc1",
            "v4.2.1",
            "v4.2.0",
            "v4.2.0-rc1",
            "v4.1.4",
            "v4.1.3",
            "v4.1.2",
            "v4.1.0",
            "v4.1.0-rc1",
            "v4.0.2",
            "v4.0.1",
            "v4.0.0",
            "v4.0.0-rc1",
            "v3.2.1",
            "v3.2.1-rc1",
            "v3.2.0",
            "v3.2.0-beta",
            "v3.1.0",
            "v3.1.0-beta",
            "v3.0.3",
            "v3.0.2",
            "v3.0.1",
            "v3.0.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.759456512Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://hackerone.com/reports/3398283",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/48xxx/CVE-2025-48986.json",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48986"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cna_assigner": "hackerone",
        "unresolved_ranges": [
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            "extracted_events": [
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                    "introduced": "5"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "5.5.2"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "6"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "6.0.1"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "AFFECTED_FIELD",
                "strategy": "StandardRange"
              }
            ]
          }
        ],
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      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2025-48986",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492540,
  "published_at": "2025-11-20T19:11:36.449+00:00"
}