{"id":64294,"date":"2025-08-24T19:17:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T19:17:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-08T02:33:30","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T08:33:30","slug":"cve-2025-55165-autocaliweb-s-api-key-exposure-through-debug-pack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-55165-autocaliweb-s-api-key-exposure-through-debug-pack\/","title":{"rendered":"CVE-2025-55165: Autocaliweb’s API Key Exposure Through Debug Pack<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

The cybersecurity community has identified a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-55165, within the Autocaliweb web application. This vulnerability presents significant risks to users, as it can lead to inadvertent exposure of sensitive information, particularly API keys. Autocaliweb, a popular platform for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks, has a wide user base. This means that a large number of users could potentially be affected by this vulnerability<\/a>, underscoring the importance of addressing this issue promptly.
\nThe exploitation of this vulnerability could lead<\/a> to serious security breaches, including system compromise or data leakage. The severity of the situation is further emphasized by its high CVSS severity score of 8.2. Therefore, it’s critical for all users<\/a> to apply the necessary patch or mitigation measures as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n

CVE ID: CVE-2025-55165
\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.2)
\nAttack Vector: Network
\nPrivileges Required: None
\nUser Interaction: Required
\nImpact: System compromise or data leakage<\/a><\/p>\n

Affected Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n

Autocaliweb | Prior to 0.8.3<\/p>\n

How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n

The vulnerability arises due<\/a> to the way the debug pack is generated by Autocaliweb. The to_dict() method, which is used to serialize the configuration for the debug pack, fails to adequately filter out sensitive fields, such as API tokens<\/a>. As a result, when users share these debug packs, they could inadvertently be sharing their private API keys<\/a>. This could lead to unauthorized access<\/a> to their accounts or misuse of their API keys.<\/p>\n

Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p>\n

The following pseudocode illustrates the potential exploit<\/a>:<\/p>\n

def to_dict():\n# Gathering configuration data\nconfig_data = gather_config_data()\n# Insecure serialization of configuration data\ndebug_pack = serialize_config_data(config_data)\n# Sharing debug pack with sensitive data\nshare_debug_pack(debug_pack)\n# User unknowingly calls the function, exposing their API keys\nto_dict()<\/code><\/pre>\n
In this pseudocode, the serialize_config_data function is the critical point where the vulnerability<\/a> arises. This function doesn’t properly filter out sensitive data<\/a>, thus including API keys in the serialized debug pack. When the debug pack is shared through the share_debug_pack function, the API keys are inadvertently exposed<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Overview The cybersecurity community has identified a new vulnerability, CVE-2025-55165, within the Autocaliweb web application. This vulnerability presents significant risks to users, as it can lead to inadvertent exposure of sensitive information, particularly API keys. Autocaliweb, a popular platform for browsing, reading, and downloading eBooks, has a wide user base. This means that a large […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-64294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t