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Frontier Airlines CVE-2025-62236

MEDIUM
Observable Response Discrepancy (CWE-204)
2025-10-23 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
6.9
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Discover public email-validation endpoint
  2. Delivery
    Submit bulk candidate email addresses
  3. Exploit
    Observe response discrepancy per email
  4. Execution
    Compile verified valid-account list
  5. Impact
    Feed accounts into phishing/credential stuffing

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V6 - Authentication Response uniformity
Exploitation Conditions

No special conditions beyond the affected endpoint being reachable - the flaw is remote and unauthenticated (PR:N/UI:N) against the public Frontier Airlines email-validation endpoint, which returns a distinguishable response for addresses tied to an existing account. The limiting factors are impact-based rather than access-based: exploitation only discloses whether a given email is registered (low confidentiality, no integrity or availability impact), and its value is contingent on the attacker chaining the harvested addresses into a follow-on attack such as phishing or credential stuffing. Because this is a single hosted web service, exploitation is confined to that one site rather than any customer-deployed software.

Impact

This is a low-to-moderate real-world risk despite the 6.9 CVSS 4.0 base score. The CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) confirms a remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity attack requiring no user interaction, and the impact is correctly scoped to low confidentiality only (VC:L) with no integrity or availability impact - consistent with CWE-204 (observable response discrepancy / email enumeration). The EPSS score of 0.33% (24th percentile) indicates a low probability of exploitation activity, and there is no CISA KEV listing and no public POC, so this is not under confirmed active exploitation. The signals are internally consistent rather than conflicting: easy to trigger but limited in direct impact. The practical danger is as an enabler - it provides attackers a confirmed list of valid accounts to feed into credential stuffing, phishing, or password-spraying against the same login surface. No SSVC decision data was provided in the input. Bottom line: treat as a reconnaissance/enabler-class information disclosure, not a standalone critical priority.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An unauthenticated attacker scripts automated requests against the public email-validation endpoint, submitting a large list of candidate email addresses and observing which responses indicate an existing account. The attacker builds a verified list of Frontier Airlines customer accounts, then uses it to launch targeted phishing or credential-stuffing attacks. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.3% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 08, 2026

Email enumeration in the Frontier Airlines website allows unauthenticated remote attackers to determine whether a given email address is associated with a Frontier account. This information disclosure (CWE-204) has a low confidentiality impact and no public exploit identified at time of analysis; the CVSS 4.0 base score is 6.9, but the real-world risk is low-to-moderate because exploitation is confined to the hosted service and value depends on chaining harvested addresses into phishing or credential stuffing.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch was identified in the provided intelligence; as a hosted web service, remediation is the responsibility of Frontier Airlines. The primary fix is for Frontier to modify the email validation endpoint to return identical responses (status, body, and timing) for both existing and non-existing email addresses, eliminating the observable discrepancy. Additional compensating controls include implementing rate limiting or CAPTCHA on the endpoint to slow enumeration, and monitoring for suspicious request patterns. Trade-offs: rate limiting may impact legitimate users, and CAPTCHA adds friction. For end users, no direct action can patch the issue, but they should be aware that email addresses may be enumerated and should use unique credentials and enable multi-factor authentication where available. Advisory URLs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cisagov/CSAF/develop/csaf_files/IT/white/2025/va-25-296-01.json and https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62236.

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The vulnerability resides in a publicly accessible email validation endpoint on the Frontier Airlines website. According to CWE-204 (Observable Response Discrepancy), the endpoint returns distinguishable responses for email addresses that exist in the system versus those that do not, enabling an attacker to enumerate valid accounts. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:flyfrontier:frontier_airlines:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms the affected product is the Frontier Airlines website (a hosted service, not customer-deployed software). No authentication or user interaction is required (PR:N/UI:N per CVSS), and the attack is remote and low-complexity. The weakness is a classic information disclosure that violates the principle of uniform responses for authentication-related queries.

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Severity by source

Vendor (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725) PRIMARY 6.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Remote unauthenticated enumeration with no user interaction (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); only email-existence is leaked, so C:L and I/A:N, scope unchanged.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725).

CVSS VectorVendor: 9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
None
Vulnerable system: Availability
None
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The Frontier Airlines website has a publicly available endpoint that validates if an email addresses is associated with an account. An unauthenticated, remote attacker could determine valid email addresses, possibly aiding in further attacks.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 76% exploitable
Prevalence
Rare
single hosted airline website, one deployment instance
Data Quality
3 sources
Confidence: Low

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.3%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
Yes
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

34
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +34
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org

cpe:2.3:a:flyfrontier:frontier_airlines:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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