{"id":64343,"date":"2025-08-27T02:34:50","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T02:34:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-10T18:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T00:12:37","slug":"cve-2025-49381-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-ads-txt-guru","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49381-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-ads-txt-guru\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-49381: Critical Cross-Site Request Forgery Vulnerability in ads.txt Guru<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post will delve into the details of the critical cybersecurity vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-49381. This vulnerability affects users of ads.txt Guru, specifically those utilizing the ads.txt Guru Connect versions up to 1.1.1. The identified issue is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability which, if exploited, could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30327-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-incopy-leading-to-potential-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73725\">potentially lead<\/a> to a complete system compromise or data leakage. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53546-high-severity-vulnerability-in-folo-s-github-workflow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73390\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a> underscores the importance of immediate and comprehensive mitigation actions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-49381<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.6)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-27055-memory-corruption-leads-to-potential-system-compromise-during-image-encoding\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"74325\">Potential system compromise<\/a> or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3864145025\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>ads.txt Guru Connect | n\/a &#8211; 1.1.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-49381 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47168-use-after-free-vulnerability-in-microsoft-office-word-allowing-unauthorized-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"73208\">vulnerability allows<\/a> an attacker to send a forged request on behalf of an authenticated user without their consent. It means that if an authenticated user unknowingly triggers a malicious request, it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40741-stack-based-overflow-vulnerability-in-solid-edge-se2025-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75758\">potentially lead<\/a> to unwanted actions being performed on their behalf. These actions could range from changes in account settings to data leakage, and in worst-case scenarios, full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21432-memory-corruption-vulnerability-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75759\">system compromise<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1088777701\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of how this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49895-critical-csrf-vulnerability-in-ithemes-serverbuddy-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78212\">CSRF vulnerability<\/a> might be exploited. It demonstrates a malicious HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-9408-server-side-request-forgery-attack-in-eclipse-glassfish\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77210\">request which an attacker<\/a> could design to exploit the vulnerability:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/change_account_settings HTTP\/1.1\nHost: adstxt.guru\nContent-Type: application\/json\nCookie: session=AuthenticatedUserSessionID\n{\n&quot;email&quot;: &quot;attacker@example.com&quot;,\n&quot;action&quot;: &quot;change_email&quot;\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, if the attacker can trick an authenticated user into triggering this request, it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54955-critical-fireedge-race-condition-in-opennebula-leading-to-full-account-takeover\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79132\">lead to the user&#8217;s account<\/a> email being changed without their knowledge or consent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary mitigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-21120-trusting-http-permission-methods-on-the-server-side-vulnerability-in-dell-avamar\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81488\">method for this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the patch provided by the vendor. Users of affected versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47136-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop-versions-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79739\">ads.txt<\/a> Guru Connect are strongly advised to update their systems as soon as possible. As a temporary measure, users can also implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-7457-macos-authorization-model-exploit-leading-to-potential-mitm-attacks\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79977\">potential exploits<\/a>. However, these measures are not a complete fix and should be used in conjunction with the vendor&#8217;s patch for optimal protection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post will delve into the details of the critical cybersecurity vulnerability identified as CVE-2025-49381. This vulnerability affects users of ads.txt Guru, specifically those utilizing the ads.txt Guru Connect versions up to 1.1.1. The identified issue is a Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability which, if exploited, could potentially lead to a complete system [&hellip;]<\/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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[90],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-64343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-csrf"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64343"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73940,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64343\/revisions\/73940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64343"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=64343"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=64343"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=64343"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=64343"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=64343"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=64343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}