CVE-2025-41716
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 · uneditedThe web application allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to learn information about existing user accounts with their corresponding role due to missing authentication for critical function.
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 · moderate confidenceThe web application has an unauthenticated endpoint that exposes user account information including associated roles. An attacker can enumerate valid user accounts and their privilege levels without any authentication, which aids in further attacks.
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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 checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify unauthenticated user-related endpointsScan your web application's API or routes for endpoints that may return user information (e.g., /api/users, /user, /users/list, /admin/users). Use automated tools or manually review route definitions to find endpoints that handle user data.Affected if Any endpoint returns user account data without requiring authentication credentials (login token, session, or API key).
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Test user enumeration without authenticationSend HTTP requests to identified user endpoints without including any authentication headers (Authorization, Cookie, etc.). Vary parameters like user IDs, usernames, or email addresses in the request.Affected if The application returns valid user accounts, user profiles, or user details without authentication, or provides different responses that reveal whether a username/email exists in the system.
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Check for role or privilege exposureExamine responses from unauthenticated endpoints to see if they include role, privilege, permission, or access level information for user accounts.Affected if Role names (e.g., admin, moderator, user), permission flags, or privilege levels are returned in responses to unauthenticated requests.
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Verify authentication requirements on user endpointsReview your application's authentication middleware, guards, or access control configurations to confirm that endpoints returning user information enforce authentication checks.Affected if User information endpoints lack proper authentication middleware or the middleware can be bypassed.
Your environment is affected if any endpoint accessible without authentication returns user account details, usernames, or role information that should require authentication.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement proper authentication and authorization checks on the critical function that returns user account information. Restrict access to authenticated and authorized users only.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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