Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2025-55242. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. This product is a managed service. This means that users cannot maintain vulnerability countermeasures themselves.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Xbox Gaming Services (the affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor in Xbox allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

The advisory is shared at msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-55242 since 08/11/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/19/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-26871). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Productinfo

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 4.1
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 7.5
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CNA Base Score: 6.5
CNA Vector (microsoft): 🔒

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔒
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

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Timelineinfo

08/11/2025 CVE reserved
09/05/2025 +25 days Advisory disclosed
09/05/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/19/2025 +14 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-55242 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-55242
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-322717
EUVD: 🔒

Entryinfo

Created: 09/05/2025 07:42
Updated: 09/19/2025 20:38
Changes: 09/05/2025 07:42 (62), 09/19/2025 05:57 (11), 09/19/2025 20:38 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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