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CVE-2025-52968

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-52968 describes a potential Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in xdg-open within xdg-utils up to version 1.2.1, where it can send requests with SameSite=Strict cookies. The vulnerability is rated as LOW severity (CVSS 2.7) due to a local attack vector, high attack complexity, and user interaction required, with a potential for limited confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low current threat level.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 0, <= 1.2.1CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:freedesktop:xdg-utils:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.7LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
8.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 35 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (7)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: flatpak-xdg-utils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: xdg-utils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xdg-utils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: flatpak-xdg-utils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: xdg-utils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: flatpak-xdg-utils
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: xdg-utils

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2025-52968Low

xdg-utils: xdg-open bypassing SameSite=Strict

Jun 23, 2025

References

cgit.freedesktop.org / xdg/xdg-utils/tag
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2025/06/23/1