CVE-2025-54792

Severity CVSS v4.0:

CRITICAL

Type:

CWE-300 Channel Accessible by Non-Endpoint

Publication date:

01/08/2025

Last modified:

03/09/2025

Description

LocalSend is an open-source app to securely share files and messages with nearby devices over local networks without needing an internet connection. In versions 1.16.1 and below, a critical Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) vulnerability in the software&#39;s discovery protocol allows an unauthenticated attacker on the same local network to impersonate legitimate devices, silently intercepting, reading, and modifying any file transfer. This can be used to steal sensitive data or inject malware, like ransomware, into files shared between trusted users. The attack is hardly detectable and easy to implement, posing a severe and immediate security risk. This issue was fixed in version 1.17.0.

Impact

Vector 4.0

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H CVSS v4.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 CRITICAL
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Attack Requirements (AT): None
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Passsive
Confidentiality (VC): High
Integrity (VI): High
Availability (VA): None
Confidentiality (SC): High
Integrity (SI): High
Availability (SA): High

Base Score 4.0

9.30

Severity 4.0

CRITICAL

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Adjacent
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None