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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-48738

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

Published May 23, 2025 · catalog updated May 23, 2025 · StrangeBee TheHive

Check this week

CVE-2025-48738 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 51.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run StrangeBee TheHive.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.9
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
51.00%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 <5.2.16

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.

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  • vendor StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 <5.2.165.2.0 <5.2.16

How to fix CVE-2025-48738

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-48738 is not in CISA KEV. FIRST estimates a 51.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Check whether you run StrangeBee TheHive.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with StrangeBee TheHive 5.2.0 <5.2.16 5.2.0 <5.2.16. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 51.00%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 23, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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 blackl

  2. May 23, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    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 blackl

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-48738

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-28245

    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

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog May 23, 2025. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.