CVE-2025-53530 WeGIA allows Uncontrolled Resource Consumption via the errorstr parameter

High 8.7 Published Updated

Attackers can cause Denial of Service in WeGIA by sending excessively long HTTP GET requests due to lack of input validation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-53530?

CVE-2025-53530 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Wegia Wegia, published on 7 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

WeGIA is a web manager for charitable institutions. The Wegia server has a vulnerability that allows excessively long HTTP GET requests to a specific URL. This issue arises from the lack of validation for the length of the errorstr parameter. Tests confirmed that the server processes URLs up to 8,142 characters, resulting in high resource consumption, elevated latency, timeouts, and read errors. This makes the server susceptible to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks. This vulnerability is fixed in 3.3.0.

Weakness: CWE-770

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53530?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wegia Wegia.

How do I fix CVE-2025-53530?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53530 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-2025-53530 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-53530 exists.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-562r-xgj9-2r7p.

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