Overview

The CVE-2025-49183 vulnerability exposes systems to potential compromise and data leakage due to unencrypted communication with the REST API. This weakness, affecting a wide range of web servers and web applications, could potentially let attackers intercept, gather information, and download media files.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-49183
Severity: High (7.5 CVSS Score)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: System compromise and data leakage

Affected Products

Product | Affected Versions

Web Server X | All versions
Web Application Y | Versions 2.0 to 2.5

How the Exploit Works

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by setting up a man-in-the-middle (MITM) attack to intercept the unencrypted HTTP communication between the actor and the webserver. Since the communication is not encrypted, the attacker can easily read the data being transferred, which may include sensitive information such as user credentials, personal data, or media files.

Conceptual Example Code

Here is a conceptual example of how an attacker can intercept the unencrypted HTTP communication:

GET /media/files HTTP/1.1
Host: vulnerable.example.com
Accept: */*

This basic HTTP request could be used by the attacker to access and download media files from the server.

Mitigation Guidance

The most effective mitigation against this vulnerability is to apply the vendor’s patch, which would enable encrypted communication with the REST API, rendering the attacker unable to read any intercepted data. If the patch is unavailable or cannot be applied immediately, a temporary solution would be to use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and prevent MITM attacks.