CVE•Published 2025-11-05•Modified 2026-07-05•1 article on news•6 live references•NVD data
CVE-2025-56231Tonec · Internet_download_manager
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS percentile
15
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 85% of all CVEs
Weaknesses (CWE)
Description
Tonec Internet Download Manager 6.42.41.1 and earlier suffers from Missing SSL Certificate Validation, which allows attackers to bypass update protections.
Timeline
Published 2025-11-05
Modified 2026-07-05
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-2025-56231Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product
product:"Tonec Internet Download Manager"All exposed Tonec Internet Download Manager instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Internet Download Manager"HTTP body or banner mentions "Internet Download Manager" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2025-56231Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2025-56231Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2025-56231Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2025-56231GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2025-56231" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2025-56231 on GitHub.