CVE-2025-5808 Authentication Bypass vulnerability discovered in the OpenText™ Self-Service Password Reset
Attackers can bypass authentication in OpenText Self-Service Password Reset due to improper input validation, potentially taking over accounts.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-5808?
CVE-2025-5808 is a high-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in OpenText Self Service Password Reset, published on 29 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Improper Input Validation vulnerability in OpenText Self Service Password Reset allows Authentication Bypass.This issue affects Self Service Password Reset from before 4.8 patch 3.
Weakness: CWE-1284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5808?
How do I fix CVE-2025-5808?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5808 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2025-5808 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-5808 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6wg3-r534-hrwr.