CVE-2025-54459CWE-497

CVE-2025-54459

High · published October 30, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
35.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

⚡ The ASP.NET tracing endpoint /trace.axd was left wide open, like a hospital door without a security badge! Remote attackers can waltz right in and grab sensitive request data without breaking a sweat. 🚪 Think of it as a hospital's patient records room where the door is ajar, allowing anyone passing by to peek inside at confidential files — the kinds of things that should never be seen by outsiders! An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to scoop up live request traces, potentially exposing session identifiers, authorization headers, and internal file paths — all crucial data for orchestrating further attacks. This could lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, and a whole lot of chaos!

Put simply

Think of it as a hospital's patient records room where the door is ajar, allowing anyone passing by to peek inside at confidential files — the kinds of things that should never be seen by outsiders! This vulnerability arises from the /trace.axd endpoint being accessible without any authentication, allowing unauthorized users to retrieve sensitive information related to server requests.

What to do

An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to scoop up live request traces, potentially exposing session identifiers, authorization headers, and internal file paths — all crucial data for orchestrating further attacks. This could lead to unauthorized access, data breaches, and a whole lot of chaos! To protect against this issue, implement strict access controls or disable the tracing endpoint entirely. Ensure that your services are updated to versions released after September 19, 2025, where this flaw has been addressed. 🛡️ You can secure your hospital's backend services! Follow these steps and you’ll be on your way to keeping patient data safe and sound. You've got this! 💪

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00421 · 35.4th percentile
Weakness
CWE-497 · Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
Published
2025-10-30T02:15Z
Affected products (1)
ProductVersionsFixed in
vertikalsystems/hospital_manager_backend_services≤ 2025-09-19—
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 OCT 21:51Z
    Vertikal Systems Hospital Manager Backend Services Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere
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