CVE-2025-51054
📋 TL;DR
Vedo Suite 2024.17 has an authentication bypass vulnerability where unauthenticated attackers can obtain high-privilege JWT tokens by sending empty POST requests to the /autologin/ endpoint. This allows complete system compromise of affected installations. Organizations using Vedo Suite 2024.17 are affected.
💻 Affected Systems
- Vedo Suite
📦 What is this software?
Vedo Suite by Vedo Suite Project
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Full system takeover with administrative privileges, data theft, ransomware deployment, and lateral movement across the network.
Likely Case
Unauthorized access to sensitive data, privilege escalation, and potential installation of backdoors or malware.
If Mitigated
Limited impact with proper network segmentation, but still exposes authentication system to abuse.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploit code is publicly available on GitHub. Attack requires only curl or similar HTTP client.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: 2024.18 or later
Vendor Advisory: http://bottinelli.com
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Download latest Vedo Suite version from official vendor site. 2. Backup current installation. 3. Install updated version. 4. Verify /autologin/ endpoint is properly secured.
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Block /autologin/ endpoint
allTemporarily block access to vulnerable endpoint using firewall or web server configuration
# Apache: RewriteRule ^/autologin/ - [F]
# Nginx: location /autologin/ { deny all; }
# Firewall: iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 80 -m string --string '/autologin/' --algo bm -j DROP
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Isolate Vedo Suite systems from internet and restrict internal network access
- Implement strict network monitoring for POST requests to /autologin/ endpoint
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Send empty POST request to http://[target]/autologin/ and check if valid JWT token is returned without authenticationCheck Version:
Check Vedo Suite admin interface or configuration files for version informationVerify Fix Applied:
Attempt same exploit after patch - should receive authentication error or 403/404 response📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- POST requests to /autologin/ endpoint
- Authentication logs showing admin access from new/unexpected IPs
- JWT token generation without prior login
Network Indicators:
- HTTP POST to /autologin/ with empty or minimal payload
- Subsequent authenticated requests using newly obtained tokens
SIEM Query:
source="web_logs" AND (uri_path="/autologin/" AND http_method="POST")