# CVE-2025-49181: Configurations endpoint does not require authorization

> Unauthorized attackers can access sensitive configuration data and modify service settings, potentially causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 8.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hg56-h8gv-pp6x

## What is CVE-2025-49181?

CVE-2025-49181 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SICK Media Server, published on 12 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Due to missing authorization of an API endpoint, unauthorized users can send HTTP GET
requests to gather sensitive information. An attacker could also send HTTP POST requests to modify
the log files’ root path as well as the TCP ports the service is running on, leading to a Denial of Service
attack.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-49181?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sick Media Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-49181?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-49181 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-49181 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49181 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in SICK Media Server

- [CVE-2025-49182](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49182/): Credential disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-49183](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49183/): Unencrypted communication (HTTP) (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-49194](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49194/): Unencrypted communication (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2025-49197](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49197/): Deprecated TLS version supported (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-49189](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49189/): Cookie missing HttpOnly flag (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-49181 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-49181 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in SICK Media Server, published on 12 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-49181 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: SICK Media Server. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49181/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49181/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-49181
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-49181
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-49181

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-49181/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.