CVE-2025-65717 describes a vulnerability in the Visual Studio Code Live Server extension (v5.7.9 and earlier) that allows attackers to exfiltrate files from a user's system. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 4.3) requires user interaction with a specially crafted HTML page, but if successful, could lead to unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, indicating a high level of awareness regarding its potential impact.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.7.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ritwickdey:live_server:*:*:*:*:*:visual_studio_code:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.