CVE-2025-55173 (GCVE-0-2025-55173)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-08-29 22:00
Modified
2025-09-02 19:22
Severity ?
4.3 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Summary
Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. In versions before 14.2.31 and from 15.0.0 to before 15.4.5, Next.js Image Optimization is vulnerable to content injection. The issue allowed attacker-controlled external image sources to trigger file downloads with arbitrary content and filenames under specific configurations. This behavior could be abused for phishing or malicious file delivery. This vulnerability has been fixed in Next.js versions 14.2.31 and 15.4.5.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/6b12c60c61ee80cb0443ccd20de82ca9b4422dddPatch
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xv57-4mr9-wg8vVendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://vercel.com/changelog/cve-2025-55173Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
vercel next.js Version: >= 15.0.0, < 15.4.5
Version: < 14.2.31
 Create a notification for this product.
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "metrics": [
          {
            "other": {
              "content": {
                "id": "CVE-2025-55173",
                "options": [
                  {
                    "Exploitation": "none"
                  },
                  {
                    "Automatable": "no"
                  },
                  {
                    "Technical Impact": "partial"
                  }
                ],
                "role": "CISA Coordinator",
                "timestamp": "2025-09-02T19:22:48.480499Z",
                "version": "2.0.3"
              },
              "type": "ssvc"
            }
          }
        ],
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2025-09-02T19:22:57.504Z",
          "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0",
          "shortName": "CISA-ADP"
        },
        "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "next.js",
          "vendor": "vercel",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003e= 15.0.0, \u003c 15.4.5"
            },
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "\u003c 14.2.31"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. In versions before 14.2.31 and from 15.0.0 to before 15.4.5, Next.js Image Optimization is vulnerable to content injection. The issue allowed attacker-controlled external image sources to trigger file downloads with arbitrary content and filenames under specific configurations. This behavior could be abused for phishing or malicious file delivery. This vulnerability has been fixed in Next.js versions 14.2.31 and 15.4.5."
        }
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "cvssV3_1": {
            "attackComplexity": "LOW",
            "attackVector": "NETWORK",
            "availabilityImpact": "NONE",
            "baseScore": 4.3,
            "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
            "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
            "integrityImpact": "LOW",
            "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
            "scope": "UNCHANGED",
            "userInteraction": "REQUIRED",
            "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N",
            "version": "3.1"
          }
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "cweId": "CWE-20",
              "description": "CWE-20: Improper Input Validation",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "CWE"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2025-08-29T22:04:25.365Z",
        "orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
        "shortName": "GitHub_M"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xv57-4mr9-wg8v",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xv57-4mr9-wg8v"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/6b12c60c61ee80cb0443ccd20de82ca9b4422ddd",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/6b12c60c61ee80cb0443ccd20de82ca9b4422ddd"
        },
        {
          "name": "https://vercel.com/changelog/cve-2025-55173",
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://vercel.com/changelog/cve-2025-55173"
        }
      ],
      "source": {
        "advisory": "GHSA-xv57-4mr9-wg8v",
        "discovery": "UNKNOWN"
      },
      "title": "Next.js Content Injection Vulnerability for Image Optimization"
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa",
    "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M",
    "cveId": "CVE-2025-55173",
    "datePublished": "2025-08-29T22:00:05.765Z",
    "dateReserved": "2025-08-07T18:27:23.309Z",
    "dateUpdated": "2025-09-02T19:22:57.504Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "vulnerability-lookup:meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2025-55173\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"published\":\"2025-08-29T22:15:31.750\",\"lastModified\":\"2025-09-08T16:42:57.183\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Analyzed\",\"cveTags\":[],\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. In versions before 14.2.31 and from 15.0.0 to before 15.4.5, Next.js Image Optimization is vulnerable to content injection. The issue allowed attacker-controlled external image sources to trigger file downloads with arbitrary content and filenames under specific configurations. This behavior could be abused for phishing or malicious file delivery. This vulnerability has been fixed in Next.js versions 14.2.31 and 15.4.5.\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV31\":[{\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"type\":\"Secondary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"3.1\",\"vectorString\":\"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N\",\"baseScore\":4.3,\"baseSeverity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"attackVector\":\"NETWORK\",\"attackComplexity\":\"LOW\",\"privilegesRequired\":\"NONE\",\"userInteraction\":\"REQUIRED\",\"scope\":\"UNCHANGED\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"LOW\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"NONE\"},\"exploitabilityScore\":2.8,\"impactScore\":1.4}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-20\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:vercel:next.js:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"14.2.31\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"88CF5491-9D3E-4538-B7F4-9B2FACB57878\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:vercel:next.js:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*\",\"versionStartIncluding\":\"15.0.0\",\"versionEndExcluding\":\"15.4.5\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"2FE23799-8927-4736-934B-BC2BB6F9BB63\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/6b12c60c61ee80cb0443ccd20de82ca9b4422ddd\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\"]},{\"url\":\"https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xv57-4mr9-wg8v\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"https://vercel.com/changelog/cve-2025-55173\",\"source\":\"security-advisories@github.com\",\"tags\":[\"Vendor Advisory\"]}]}}",
    "vulnrichment": {
      "containers": "{\"adp\": [{\"title\": \"CISA ADP Vulnrichment\", \"metrics\": [{\"other\": {\"type\": \"ssvc\", \"content\": {\"id\": \"CVE-2025-55173\", \"role\": \"CISA Coordinator\", \"options\": [{\"Exploitation\": \"none\"}, {\"Automatable\": \"no\"}, {\"Technical Impact\": \"partial\"}], \"version\": \"2.0.3\", \"timestamp\": \"2025-09-02T19:22:48.480499Z\"}}}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0\", \"shortName\": \"CISA-ADP\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-09-02T19:22:53.153Z\"}}], \"cna\": {\"title\": \"Next.js Content Injection Vulnerability for Image Optimization\", \"source\": {\"advisory\": \"GHSA-xv57-4mr9-wg8v\", \"discovery\": \"UNKNOWN\"}, \"metrics\": [{\"cvssV3_1\": {\"scope\": \"UNCHANGED\", \"version\": \"3.1\", \"baseScore\": 4.3, \"attackVector\": \"NETWORK\", \"baseSeverity\": \"MEDIUM\", \"vectorString\": \"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N\", \"integrityImpact\": \"LOW\", \"userInteraction\": \"REQUIRED\", \"attackComplexity\": \"LOW\", \"availabilityImpact\": \"NONE\", \"privilegesRequired\": \"NONE\", \"confidentialityImpact\": \"NONE\"}}], \"affected\": [{\"vendor\": \"vercel\", \"product\": \"next.js\", \"versions\": [{\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"\u003e= 15.0.0, \u003c 15.4.5\"}, {\"status\": \"affected\", \"version\": \"\u003c 14.2.31\"}]}], \"references\": [{\"url\": \"https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xv57-4mr9-wg8v\", \"name\": \"https://github.com/vercel/next.js/security/advisories/GHSA-xv57-4mr9-wg8v\", \"tags\": [\"x_refsource_CONFIRM\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/6b12c60c61ee80cb0443ccd20de82ca9b4422ddd\", \"name\": \"https://github.com/vercel/next.js/commit/6b12c60c61ee80cb0443ccd20de82ca9b4422ddd\", \"tags\": [\"x_refsource_MISC\"]}, {\"url\": \"https://vercel.com/changelog/cve-2025-55173\", \"name\": \"https://vercel.com/changelog/cve-2025-55173\", \"tags\": [\"x_refsource_MISC\"]}], \"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"value\": \"Next.js is a React framework for building full-stack web applications. In versions before 14.2.31 and from 15.0.0 to before 15.4.5, Next.js Image Optimization is vulnerable to content injection. The issue allowed attacker-controlled external image sources to trigger file downloads with arbitrary content and filenames under specific configurations. This behavior could be abused for phishing or malicious file delivery. This vulnerability has been fixed in Next.js versions 14.2.31 and 15.4.5.\"}], \"problemTypes\": [{\"descriptions\": [{\"lang\": \"en\", \"type\": \"CWE\", \"cweId\": \"CWE-20\", \"description\": \"CWE-20: Improper Input Validation\"}]}], \"providerMetadata\": {\"orgId\": \"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa\", \"shortName\": \"GitHub_M\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-08-29T22:04:25.365Z\"}}}",
      "cveMetadata": "{\"cveId\": \"CVE-2025-55173\", \"state\": \"PUBLISHED\", \"dateUpdated\": \"2025-09-02T19:22:57.504Z\", \"dateReserved\": \"2025-08-07T18:27:23.309Z\", \"assignerOrgId\": \"a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa\", \"datePublished\": \"2025-08-29T22:00:05.765Z\", \"assignerShortName\": \"GitHub_M\"}",
      "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
      "dataVersion": "5.1"
    }
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




Sightings

Author Source Type Date

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.