CVE-2025-2139

Authenticated review deletion via client-side authorization

Published Oct 12, 2025 · Updated Oct 14, 2025

Broken access control in IBM DOORS Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 allows remote authenticated users to delete reviews owned by others. The review-deletion workflow relies on client-side authorization controls and accepts deletion requests without equivalent server-side enforcement. Valid application credentials and network access are required, and successful exploitation removes review records belonging to other users.

CVSS severity3.5
Low
EPSS probability0.18%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Broken access control in IBM DOORS Next 7.0.2, 7.0.3, and 7.1 allows remote authenticated users to delete reviews owned by others. The review-deletion workflow relies on client-side authorization controls and accepts deletion requests without equivalent server-side enforcement. Valid application credentials and network access are required, and successful exploitation removes review records belonging to other users.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-2139
Published
Oct 12, 2025
Updated
Oct 14, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Next
Classifications
CWE-602, T1485
Attack vector
adjacent
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Oct 12, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Oct 14, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=7.0.2
  2. Affected versionversion=7.0.3
  3. Affected versionversion=7.1

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectoradjacent
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · IBM Engineering Requirements Management DOORS Nextversion=7.0.2; version=7.0.3; version=7.1

Published CVSS scores

3.5IBMCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

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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)
Vectoradjacent
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-602Client-Side Enforcement of Server-Side Security
T1485Data Destruction

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