Eclipse OpenVSX up to 0.20.0 details improper authorization

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Eclipse OpenVSX up to 0.20.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /user/namespace/{namespace}/details. The manipulation of the argument name/description/website/support link/social media leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-1007. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Eclipse OpenVSX up to 0.20.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /user/namespace/{namespace}/details. The manipulation of the argument name/description/website/support link/social media with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In OpenVSX version v0.9.0 to v0.20.0, the /user/namespace/{namespace}/details API allows a user to edit all namespace details, even if the user is not a namespace Owner or Contributor. The details include: name, description, website, support link and social media links. The same issues existed in /user/namespace/{namespace}/details/logo and allowed a user to change the logo.

The weakness was disclosed by Leonardo Giovannini Maitai. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-1007 since 02/03/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 07/31/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• Eclipse

Name

• OpenVSX

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/eclipse/openvsx/

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