# CVE-2025-65097: Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) Allows Unauthorized Deletion of User Collections

> Authenticated users can delete other users' collections due to missing ownership checks in the deletion endpoint.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 3 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v7c8-f6xc-rv9g

## What is CVE-2025-65097?

CVE-2025-65097 is a high-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, an Authenticated User can delete collections belonging to other users by directly sending a DELETE request to the collection endpoint. No ownership verification is performed before deleting collections. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.4.1 and 4.4.1-beta.2.

Weakness: CWE-639 (Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-65097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Romm.app Romm.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-65097?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-65097 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-65097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-65097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in rommapp romm

- [CVE-2025-65027](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65027/): RomM Chained XSS and CSRF Vulnerabilities Enable Admin Account Takeover (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2025-65096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65096/): RomM Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) Allows Unauthorized Access to Private Collections (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-65097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-65097 is a high-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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-65097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: rommapp romm. 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-2025-65097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-65097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-65097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-65097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.