CVE-2025-48928

The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 is based on a JSP application in which the heap content is roughly equivalent to a "core dump" in which a password previously sent over HTTP would be included in this dump, as exploited in the wild in May 2025.

CVSS v3 4.0 MEDIUM

4.0^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 1.4

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-signal-knock-off-app-telemessage-got-hacked-in-20-minutes/	Press/Media Coverage
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48928	US Government Resource

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:smarsh:telemessage:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

05 Nov 2025, 19:25

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48928 -~~	() https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-48928 - US Government Resource

Information

Published : 2025-05-28 17:15

Updated : 2025-11-05 19:25

NVD link : CVE-2025-48928

Mitre link : CVE-2025-48928

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-48928

JSON object : View

Products Affected

smarsh

telemessage

CWE

CWE-528

Exposure of Core Dump File to an Unauthorized Control Sphere

CWE-552

Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

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