CVE-2025-25500
CosmWasm Capability Bypass Vulnerability
Description
An issue in CosmWasm prior to v2.2.0 allows attackers to bypass capability restrictions in blockchains by exploiting a lack of runtime capability validation. This allows attackers to deploy a contract without capability enforcement, and execute unauthorized actions on the blockchain.
INFO
Published Date :
March 18, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
May 22, 2025, 7:52 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
3.6
Exploitability Score :
3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2025-25500 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
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Initial Analysis by [email protected]
May. 22, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:cosmwasm:cosmwasm:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.2.0 Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://gist.github.com/H3T76/8096a6ff9410f3a6d9a25db1a68ae657#file-cve-2025-25500 Types: Broken Link Added Reference Type MITRE: https://gist.github.com/H3T76/8096a6ff9410f3a6d9a25db1a68ae657#file-cve-2025-25500 Types: Broken Link -
CVE Modified by 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
Mar. 21, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Added CWE CWE-284 Added Reference https://gist.github.com/H3T76/8096a6ff9410f3a6d9a25db1a68ae657#file-cve-2025-25500 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Mar. 19, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference https://github.com/CVEProject/cveproject.github.io/blob/gh-pages/requester/reservation-guidelines.md -
New CVE Received by [email protected]
Mar. 18, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description An issue in CosmWasm prior to v2.2.0 allows attackers to bypass capability restrictions in blockchains by exploiting a lack of runtime capability validation. This allows attackers to deploy a contract without capability enforcement, and execute unauthorized actions on the blockchain. Added Reference https://gist.github.com/H3T76/8096a6ff9410f3a6d9a25db1a68ae657#file-cve-2025-25500 Added Reference https://github.com/CVEProject/cveproject.github.io/blob/gh-pages/requester/reservation-guidelines.md
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2025-25500 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
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