CVE-2025-48738

MEDIUM
6.9
CVSS Score
Published: May 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:30 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorTheHive

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Severity
MEDIUM6.9
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

An e-mail flooding vulnerability in StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 before 5.2.16, 5.3.0 before 5.3.11, 5.4.0 before 5.4.10, and 5.5.0 before 5.5.1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to use the password reset feature without limits. This can lead to several consequences, including mailbox storage exhaustion for targeted users, reputation damage to the SMTP server, potentially causing it to be blacklisted, and overload of the SMTP server's outbound mail queue.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.2.0 ≤ v < 5.2.165.3.0 ≤ v < 5.3.115.4.0 ≤ v < 5.4.105.5.0 ≤ v < 5.5.15.2.05.3.05.4.05.5.0
Affected range stops below 5.2.16, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.3.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.4.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.5.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

6.9MEDIUMmitre
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-770

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