CVE-2025-4525

low-risk
Published 2025-05-10

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Do I need to act?

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0.07% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
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CVSS 7.0/10 High
LOCAL / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Discord

References (5)

Exploit https://gist.github.com/shellkraft/ac4be6a3953e2889a7bf54aea2db88c2
Permissions Required https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.308270
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?id.308270
Third Party Advisory https://vuldb.com/?submit.562788
Exploit https://gist.github.com/shellkraft/ac4be6a3953e2889a7bf54aea2db88c2
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal