CVE•Published 2025-11-20•Modified 2026-09-26•1 article on news•4 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-48986Revive-adserver · Revive_adserver
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
8.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
49
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 51% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Authorization bypass in Revive Adserver 5.5.2 and 6.0.1 and earlier versions causes an logged in attacker to change other users' email address and potentialy take over their accounts using the forgot password functionality.
Timeline
Published 2025-11-20
Modified 2026-09-26
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2025-48986Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Revive-adserver Revive Adserver"All exposed Revive-adserver Revive Adserver instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Revive Adserver"HTTP body or banner mentions "Revive Adserver" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-48986Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-48986Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-48986Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-48986GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-48986" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-48986 on GitHub.