Quick answers
- Is CVE-2025-71457 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-71457 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-2025-71457?
- Critical severity, with a CVSS score of 9.8, published 4 November 2026.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Vtenext 25.02 before 25.02.1; also affects 20.04, 24.02.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2025-71457?
- Yes: fixed in vtenext 25.02.2. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
- How is CVE-2025-71457 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in a web application.
- Am I affected by CVE-2025-71457?
- Check whether you run Vtenext at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
How to fix
- Fixed in: vtenext 25.02.2
Technical details
CVE-2025-71457 is an authentication bypass in the password recovery mechanism (hub/rpwd.php) that fails to properly validate CSRF tokens before processing password changes. An unauthenticated attacker knowing a valid username can send action=change_password to RecoverPwd::displayChangePwd() and reset the target user's password without verification. Combined with additional vectors, this enables complete authentication bypass and remote code execution.
Affected products
- vtenext vtenext 25.02 before 25.02.1; also affects 20.04, 24.02
Timeline
- 2025-08-12: disclosed: Full disclosure by 0xbro after vendor patch release
- 2025-07-24: patched: Version 25.02.1 included silent patch for arbitrary password reset
- 2025-08: patched: Version 25.02.2 released with patches for all vectors
- 2025-11-04: advisory