SafeApplication · Iitb

CVE-2025-25595

CRITICAL · 9.8 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-03-18
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
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
A lack of rate limiting in the login page of Safe App version a3.0.9 allows attackers to bypass authentication via a brute force attack.

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

The Safe App version a3.0.9 login page lacks rate limiting controls, enabling attackers to systematically submit authentication attempts without restriction. This allows brute force attacks to succeed by iterating through password combinations until valid credentials are discovered.

MitigationImplement rate limiting on the login endpoint with progressive delays, account lockout thresholds, or IP-based throttling to block automated credential stuffing attacks.

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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
SafeApplication
Affected:= a3.0.9

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
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

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

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify installed Iitb Safe version
    Check the application version displayed in the UI, or inspect the application metadata/configuration files for the version string 'a3.0.9'
    Affected if The installed version is exactly a3.0.9
  2. Verify login endpoint accessibility
    Access the login page URL for the Iitb Safe application and confirm it loads without authentication
    Affected if The login page is publicly or internally accessible without prior rate limiting enforcement
  3. Test for rate limiting on login submission
    Submit multiple consecutive authentication requests (10-20 attempts) to the login endpoint using a script or tool like Burp Suite or curl, observing whether any throttling, delay, or blocking occurs
    Affected if No rate limiting is enforced and all requests are processed without restriction or delay
  4. Inspect server configuration for rate limit rules
    Review the web server (e.g., nginx, Apache) or application configuration files for rate limiting directives (such as 'limit_req_zone' in nginx or similar modules) applied to the login endpoint
    Affected if No rate limiting rules are defined for the login endpoint in server or application configuration

You are affected if the Iitb Safe version is a3.0.9 and no rate limiting controls are found on the login endpoint or configuration.

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

Implement rate limiting on the login endpoint with progressive delays, account lockout thresholds, or IP-based throttling to block automated credential stuffing attacks.

Fix this in Safe Scoped from the published advisory
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  • Implementation6.0 h
  • Testing3.0 h
  • Review / QA2.0 h
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