Echo
CVE-2025-51741
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.17%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could cause denial of service by exhausting system resources by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Mar 28, 2026
An issue was discovered in Veal98 Echo Open-Source Community System 2.2 thru 2.3 allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause the server to send email verification messages to arbitrary users via. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Implement rate limiting, set resource quotas, validate input sizes, use timeouts.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400), which allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources. An issue was discovered in Veal98 Echo Open-Source Community System 2.2 thru 2.3 allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause the server to send email verification messages to arbitrary users via the /sendEmailCodeForResetPwd endpoint potentially causing a denial of service to the server or the downstream users. Affected products include: Interviewx Echo.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Primary rating from Vendor (mitre) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: mitre
DescriptionCVE.org
An issue was discovered in Veal98 Echo Open-Source Community System 2.2 thru 2.3 allowing an unauthenticated attacker to cause the server to send email verification messages to arbitrary users via the /sendEmailCodeForResetPwd endpoint potentially causing a denial of service to the server or the downstream users.
Executive ViewAI
CVE-2025-51741 presents notable security risk, a resource exhaustion vulnerability rated CVSS 7.5. Exploitation could cause service disruption or denial of service, impacting availability for legitimate users. Organizations should apply vendor updates when available and consider compensating controls in the interim.
Apply vendor patch. If immediate patching is not feasible: (1) Implement network-level access controls to limit exposure; (2) Enable enhanced monitoring and alerting; (3) Apply principle of least privilege.
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Attack Technique
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Labstack Echo v4.8.0 was discovered to contain an open redirect vulnerability via the Static Handler component. Rated cr
An issue in Inspect Element Ltd Echo.ac v.5.2.1.0 allows a local attacker to gain privileges via a crafted command to th
Unauthenticated remote file read in Echo web framework versions 5.0.0-5.0.2 on Windows allows attackers to traverse outs
Path-based access control bypass in the LabStack Echo Go web framework (versions prior to 4.15.3 and 5.2.0) lets remote
An open redirect in the Go web framework Echo lets an attacker craft a link on a trusted domain that sends victims to an
Spoofed forwarded-scheme headers let remote clients defeat Echo's HTTPS enforcement: Context.Scheme() in LabStack Echo b
CSRF protection in Labstack Echo can be skipped entirely when the MethodOverride middleware rewrites a POST to a safe me
Echo's WWWRedirect() and NonWWWRedirect() middlewares build the Location header from Context.Scheme(), which returns the
The Echo extension for MediWiki does not properly implement the hideuser functionality, which allows remote authenticate
Sensitive notification data is exposed to authenticated but unauthorized actors through the Echo extension's API layer i
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