CVE-2025-67418
📋 TL;DR
ClipBucket 5.5.2 ships with hardcoded default administrative credentials, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to gain full administrative control of the application. This affects all deployments using the default configuration without credential changes.
💻 Affected Systems
- ClipBucket
📦 What is this software?
Clipbucket by Oxygenz
⚠️ Risk & Real-World Impact
Worst Case
Complete compromise of the ClipBucket instance, allowing data theft, defacement, malware injection, and use as an attack platform.
Likely Case
Unauthorized administrative access leading to content manipulation, user data exposure, and potential lateral movement.
If Mitigated
No impact if default credentials were changed during deployment.
🎯 Exploit Status
Exploitation requires only knowledge of default credentials and access to the administrative login page.
🛠️ Fix & Mitigation
✅ Official Fix
Patch Version: Not available
Vendor Advisory: Not available
Restart Required: No
Instructions:
1. Log in to ClipBucket administrative panel
2. Navigate to user management
3. Change the default administrator password to a strong, unique password
4. Verify the new credentials work and old ones no longer work
🔧 Temporary Workarounds
Change Default Credentials
allImmediately change the default administrative password to prevent unauthorized access.
Restrict Administrative Access
allImplement network-level restrictions to limit access to the administrative panel to trusted IP addresses only.
🧯 If You Can't Patch
- Immediately change all default administrative credentials to strong, unique passwords
- Implement network segmentation and firewall rules to restrict access to the administrative interface
🔍 How to Verify
Check if Vulnerable:
Attempt to log in to the ClipBucket administrative panel using default credentials (check documentation or source code for specific defaults).Check Version:
Check ClipBucket version in the application interface or configuration files.Verify Fix Applied:
Verify that default credentials no longer work and only the newly configured credentials provide access.📡 Detection & Monitoring
Log Indicators:
- Multiple failed login attempts followed by successful login with default credentials
- Administrative actions from unexpected IP addresses
Network Indicators:
- Unauthenticated requests to administrative endpoints resulting in successful authentication
SIEM Query:
source="clipbucket" AND (event="login_success" AND user="admin") OR (event="admin_action" AND src_ip NOT IN trusted_ips)