CVE-2025-57800 | Audiobookshelf vulnerable to OIDC token exfiltration and account takeover

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Audiobookshelf is an open-source self-hosted audiobook server. In versions 2.6.0 through 2.26.3, the application does not properly restrict redirect callback URLs during OIDC authentication. An attacker can craft a login link that causes Audiobookshelf to store an arbitrary callback in a cookie, which is later used to redirect the user after authentication. The server then issues a 302 redirect to the attacker-controlled URL, appending sensitive OIDC tokens as query parameters. This allows an attacker to obtain the victim's tokens and perform full account takeover, including creating persistent admin users if the victim is an administrator. Tokens are further leaked via browser history, Referer headers, and server logs. This vulnerability impacts all Audiobookshelf deployments using OIDC; no IdP misconfiguration is required. The issue is fixed in version 2.28.0. No known workarounds exist.

Published: 2025-08-22 Last update: 2025-08-26 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-57800 is rated Exploit Available (59.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2025-57800

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-57800

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-01-18 0.17% 0.09% -0.08%
2 2025-12-22 0.06% 0.17% +0.11%
3 2025-08-23 0.06%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-57800

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-57800

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-57800

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
audiobookshelf audiobookshelf >= 2.6.0, < 2.28.0 cpe:2.3:a:audiobookshelf:audiobookshelf:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-57800

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