CVE-2025-0669Public exploitNetwork attack vector

Account takeover via unvalidated password-change requests

Published May 7, 2025 · Updated May 7, 2025

Cross-site request forgery in BOINC Server before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to take over accounts through a logged-in user's browser. The edit_passwd_action.php endpoint accepts a submitted password and updates the current account without validating an anti-CSRF token or request origin. Exploitation requires the victim to be authenticated and open attacker-controlled content; the resulting password change can hijack any account, including a privileged one.

CVSS severity8.6
High
EPSS probability0.23%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Cross-site request forgery in BOINC Server before 1.4.3 allows remote attackers to take over accounts through a logged-in user's browser. The edit_passwd_action.php endpoint accepts a submitted password and updates the current account without validating an anti-CSRF token or request origin. Exploitation requires the victim to be authenticated and open attacker-controlled content; the resulting password change can hijack any account, including a privileged one.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-0669
Published
May 7, 2025
Updated
May 7, 2025
Vendor
BOINC
Product
BOINC Server
Classifications
CWE-352, T1098
Attack vector
network
Privileges
unauthenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. May 7, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. May 7, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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Is a vulnerable build present?

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <1.4.3

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesunauthenticated

What is affected?

BOINC · BOINC Serverversion=0 <1.4.3

Published CVSS scores

8.6Switzerland Government Common Vulnerability ProgramCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
8.8NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 9, 2026Sep 15, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 15, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesunauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-352Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF)
T1098Account Manipulation

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