Vulnerability in Discord
CVE-2025-4525
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (22.5th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 22.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Discord — versions 1.0.9188
- Microsoft Windows
- Discord — versions 1.0.9188
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, VDB Entry)
- vuldb.com/ (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- gist.github.com/shellkraft/ac4be6a3953e2889a7bf54aea2db88c2 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-4525?
- CVE-2025-4525 is a high-severity vulnerability in Discord, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 7.0/10. Published 2025-05-10.
- How severe is CVE-2025-4525?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.0 out of 10.