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CVE-2025-25025

MEDIUM · 5.3 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-05-28
Mitigation only
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62/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
IBM Security Guardium 12.0 could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information when a detailed technical error message is returned in the browser. This information could be used in further attacks against the system.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

IBM Security Guardium 12.0 returns detailed technical error messages directly in the browser response, allowing a remote attacker to obtain sensitive system information such as stack traces, version details, or internal paths. This information disclosure could reveal implementation details useful for crafting further attacks against the system.

MitigationConfigure custom error pages that present generic messages to users while logging detailed errors server-side only; ensure error handling routes do not expose technical stack traces or system paths in HTTP responses.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Security GuardiumApplication
Affected:= 12.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

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  1. Identify the installed Guardium version
    Log into the Guardium admin console and navigate to the About or System Information page, or use the CLI command 'guardium_version' or similar to retrieve the exact version number
    Affected if The installed version is exactly 12.0
  2. Trigger an error condition
    Submit a malformed request to the web interface, such as accessing a non-existent page, providing invalid input to a form, or causing an application error through unexpected parameter values
    Affected if The HTTP response contains detailed stack traces, Java/CORBA exceptions, or technical error diagnostics
  3. Inspect error responses for internal paths
    Capture the HTTP response body after triggering an error and examine it for file system paths such as '/opt/guardium/', '/var/guardium/', or Windows equivalent paths revealing the installation directory
    Affected if Error messages display absolute file paths indicating the internal file system structure
  4. Check for version and implementation detail disclosure
    Examine error pages or HTTP responses for version strings, product names in stack traces, framework identifiers (such as Java, WebSphere, Spring), or build numbers
    Affected if Error responses reveal specific product versions, library versions, or framework details useful for targeting further exploits
  5. Review error handling configuration
    Access the Guardium administration settings for error pages or custom error handling (typically under System Settings or Security Configuration) and verify if generic error pages are configured
    Affected if Custom error pages are not configured and the system returns verbose technical error messages to clients

The environment is affected if Guardium version 12.0 is installed AND the system returns verbose technical error messages containing stack traces, internal paths, or version details in HTTP responses rather than generic error pages.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Configure custom error pages that present generic messages to users while logging detailed errors server-side only; ensure error handling routes do not expose technical stack traces or system paths in HTTP responses.

Fix this in Security Guardium Scoped from the published advisory
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