Medium severity · published May 23, 2025
CVE-2025-48738
An e-mail flooding vulnerability in StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 before 5.2.16, 5.3.0 before 5.3.11, 5.4.0 before 5.4.10, and 5.5.0 before 5.5.1 allows unauthenticated remote…
6.9
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An e-mail flooding vulnerability in StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 before 5.2.16, 5.3.0 before 5.3.11, 5.4.0 before 5.4.10, and 5.5.0 before 5.5.1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to use the password reset feature without limits. This can lead to several consequences, including mailbox storage exhaustion for targeted users, reputation damage to the SMTP server, potentially causing it to be blacklisted, and overload of the SMTP server's outbound mail queue.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 45% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TH
TheHive · StrangeBee
5.2.0 before 5.2.16; 5.3.0 before 5.3.11; 5.4.0 before 5.4.10; 5.5.0 before 5.5.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-48738
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-48738
github.com
https://github.com/StrangeBeeCorp/Security/blob/main/Security%20advisories/SB-SEC-ADV-2025-003.md
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