CVE-2025-48986 Missing authorization in Revive Adserver
A logged-in attacker can modify other users' email addresses to take over their accounts via password reset, affecting Revive Adserver users.
- 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-2025-48986?
CVE-2025-48986 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver, published on 20 Nov 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-48986?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver.
How do I fix CVE-2025-48986?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-48986 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-48986 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-48986 exists.
Other vulnerabilities in Revive-Adserver Revive Adserver
- CVE-2016-9124 Security feature bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
- CVE-2016-9125 Auth bypass in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.3
- CVE-2017-5830 Deserialization in n/a
- CVE-2016-9470 Other in Revive Adserver All versions before 3.2.5 and 4.0.0
- CVE-2026-50741 Code injection in Adserver
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5pqq-jrvh-h276.