CVE-2025-31481 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-31481
Vulnerability Scoring

7.5
/10
Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2025-31481 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity: Low
    Exploits can be performed without significant complexity or special conditions.
  • Attack Vector: Network
    Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
  • Privileges Required: None
    No privileges are required for exploitation.
  • Scope: Unchanged
    Exploit remains within the originally vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-31481 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕑 08 Apr 2025, 14:15 UTC
Originally published on: 🕗 03 Apr 2025, 20:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 4 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVE-2025-31481 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-31481: API Platform Core is a system to create hypermedia-driven REST and GraphQL APIs. Using the Relay special node type you can bypass the configured security on an operation. This vulnerability is fixed in 4.0.22 and 3.4.17.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-31481

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-31481 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-31481

With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2025-31481 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-31481, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-31481, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: High
    Exploiting CVE-2025-31481 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2025-31481 poses no threat to data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2025-31481 does not impact system availability.

CVE-2025-31481 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-863

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