CVE-2025-8053 Insufficient access control vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper.

Low 1.0 Published 20 Oct 2025 Updated 20 Oct 2025

Low-privilege users can access backend APIs without sufficient permissions, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or privilege escalation.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2025-8053?

CVE-2025-8053 is a low-severity missing authorization vulnerability in opentext Flipper, published on 20 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Insufficient Granularity of Access Control vulnerability in opentext Flipper allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels. The vulnerability could allow a low privilege user to interact with the backend API without sufficient privileges.

This issue affects Flipper: 3.1.2.

Weakness: CWE-1220

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8053?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Opentext Flipper.

How do I fix CVE-2025-8053?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8053 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-2025-8053 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8053 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7pgp-cxq5-cmcj.