CVE-2025-54130 describes a critical indirect prompt injection vulnerability in Cursor, an AI-powered code editor, affecting versions prior to 1.3.9. An attacker can exploit this by chaining prompt injection to write to sensitive editor configuration files, such as .vscode/settings.json, without user approval, leading to Remote Code Execution (RCE) on the victim's system. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.3.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:anysphere:cursor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.