CVE-2025-66487
LowCVSS 2.7Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk24th percentile - higher than 24% of all known CVEs
Summary
IBM Aspera Shares 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 does not properly rate limit the frequency that an authenticated user can send emails, which could result in email flooding or a denial of service.
Risk Assessment
Lack of rate limiting on email sending could allow an attacker to overload the mail system, leading to service unavailability.
Recommendation
Implement rate limiting mechanisms for email sending and update the software to the latest version.
Other vulnerabilities in IBM Aspera Shares
See all- CVE-2025-66486Medium
IBM Aspera Shares versions 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 are vulnerable to HTML injection. A remote attacker could inject malicious HTML code, which when viewed, would be executed in the victim's Web browser within the security context of the hosting site.
- CVE-2025-66485Medium
IBM Aspera Shares versions 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to HTTP header injection caused by improper validation of the HOST header. This could allow an attacker to conduct various attacks, including cross-site scripting, cache poisoning, or session hijacking.
- CVE-2025-66484Medium
IBM Aspera Shares 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 is vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting. This vulnerability allows users to embed arbitrary JavaScript code in the Web UI, thus altering the intended functionality and potentially leading to credentials disclosure within a trusted session.
- CVE-2025-66483Medium
In IBM Aspera Shares versions 1.9.9 through 1.11.0, sessions are not invalidated after a password reset, which could allow an authenticated user to impersonate another user on the system.
- CVE-2025-13916Medium
IBM Aspera Shares versions 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 use weaker than expected cryptographic algorithms, which could allow an attacker to decrypt highly sensitive information.
Original NVD description (English source)
IBM Aspera Shares 1.9.9 through 1.11.0 does not properly rate limit the frequency that an authenticated user can send emails, which could result in email flooding or a denial of service.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS