What is CVE-2025-12488?

CVE-2025-12488 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oobabooga Text-Generation-Webui, classified under CWE-807. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-11-06.

How severe is CVE-2025-12488?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Oobabooga Text-Generation-Webui

CVE-2025-12488

oobabooga text-generation-webui trust_remote_code Reliance on Untrusted Inputs Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of oobabooga text-generation-webui. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the trust_remote_code parameter provided to the load endpoint. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied argument before using it to load a model. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the service account. . Was ZDI-CAN-26680.

EPSS: 0.009 (54.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Oobabooga Text-generation-webui — versions 2.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-807

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (x_research-advisory)
zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-12488?: CVE-2025-12488 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Oobabooga Text-Generation-Webui, classified under CWE-807. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-11-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-12488?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.