7.1
HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVE-2025-0651
Cloudflare WARP Windows Privilege Escalation File Manipulation Vulnerability
Description

Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Cloudflare WARP on Windows allows File Manipulation. User with a low system privileges  can create a set of symlinks inside the C:\ProgramData\Cloudflare\warp-diag-partials folder. After triggering the 'Reset all settings" option the WARP service will delete the files that the symlink was pointing to. Given the WARP service operates with System privileges this might lead to deleting files owned by the System user. This issue affects WARP: before 2024.12.492.0.

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Published Date :

Jan. 22, 2025, 6:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 31, 2025, 7:47 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

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Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-0651 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Cloudflare warp
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
CVSS 4.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2025-0651 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL Resource
https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/ Product
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2025-0651 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Born at : Aug. 2, 2024, 4:10 a.m. This repo has been linked 29 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2025-0651 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

  • The Cloudflare Blog
Cloudflare protects against critical SharePoint vulnerability, CVE-2025-53770

2025-07-223 min readOn July 19, 2025, Microsoft disclosed CVE-2025-53770, a critical zero-day Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability. Assigned a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8 (Critical), the vulnerabi ... Read more

Published Date: Jul 22, 2025 (3 weeks, 6 days ago)

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2025-0651 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 31, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cloudflare:warp:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2024.12.492.0
    Added Reference Type Cloudflare, Inc.: https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/ Types: Product
  • New CVE Received by [email protected]

    Jan. 22, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Description Improper Privilege Management vulnerability in Cloudflare WARP on Windows allows File Manipulation. User with a low system privileges  can create a set of symlinks inside the C:\ProgramData\Cloudflare\warp-diag-partials folder. After triggering the 'Reset all settings" option the WARP service will delete the files that the symlink was pointing to. Given the WARP service operates with System privileges this might lead to deleting files owned by the System user. This issue affects WARP: before 2024.12.492.0.
    Added CVSS V4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:X/R:U/V:X/RE:L/U:Green
    Added CWE CWE-269
    Added Reference https://developers.cloudflare.com/warp-client/
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 6.1
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Attack Requirements
Privileges Required
User Interaction
VS Confidentiality
VS Integrity
VS Availability
SS Confidentiality
SS Integrity
SS Availability
Base CVSS Score: 7.1
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact