CVE-2025-65096 RomM Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) Allows Unauthorized Access to Private Collections

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can access private collections belonging to other users by directly accessing their IDs via the API without proper ownership verification.

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-2025-65096?

CVE-2025-65096 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rommapp romm, published on 3 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

RomM (ROM Manager) allows users to scan, enrich, browse and play their game collections with a clean and responsive interface. Prior to 4.4.1 and 4.4.1-beta.2, users can read private collections / smart collections belonging to other users by directly accessing their IDs via API. No ownership verification or checking if the collection is public/private before returning collection data. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.1 and 4.4.1-beta.2.

Weakness: CWE-639, CWE-284

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-65096?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Romm.app Romm.

How do I fix CVE-2025-65096?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-65096 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-2025-65096 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-65096 exists.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5ghc-8wr3-788c.

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