CVE-2025-43880 Denial of service in GROWI
A logged-in user can trigger a denial of service in GROWI via inefficient regular expression complexity.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-43880?
CVE-2025-43880 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in GROWI, Inc. GROWI, published on 25 Jun 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Inefficient regular expression complexity issue exists in GROWI prior to v7.1.6. If exploited, a logged-in user may cause a denial of service (DoS) condition.
Weakness: CWE-1333
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-43880?
How do I fix CVE-2025-43880?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-43880 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2025-43880 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-43880 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-497m-753j-qcph.