// For flags

CVE-2025-1353

Kong Insomnia profapi.dll untrusted search path

Severity Score

7.3
*CVSS v4

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

Track*
*SSVC
Descriptions

A vulnerability was found in Kong Insomnia up to 10.3.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library profapi.dll. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

A vulnerability was found in Kong Insomnia up to 10.3.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing in the library profapi.dll. The manipulation leads to untrusted search path. An attack has to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the moment. The vendor is not able to reproduce the issue.

Eine kritische Schwachstelle wurde in Kong Insomnia bis 10.3.0 gefunden. Es geht hierbei um eine nicht näher spezifizierte Funktion in der Bibliothek profapi.dll. Mittels Manipulieren mit unbekannten Daten kann eine untrusted search path-Schwachstelle ausgenutzt werden. Umgesetzt werden muss der Angriff lokal. Die Komplexität eines Angriffs ist eher hoch. Die Ausnutzbarkeit gilt als schwierig. Bisher konnte die Existenz der vermeintlichen Schwachstelle noch nicht eindeutig nachgewiesen werden.

*Credits: Fergod
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
System
Vulnerable | Subsequent
Confidentiality
High
None
Integrity
High
None
Availability
High
None
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:Track*
Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Tech. Impact
Total
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-02-15 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-02-16 CVE Published
  • 2025-02-26 CVE Updated
  • 2025-03-20 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path
CAPEC
References (2)
URL Tag Source
https://vuldb.com/?id.295961 Technical Description
https://vuldb.com/?submit.496010 Third Party Advisory
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
URL Date SRC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Kong
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 Insomnia
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 10.0
Search vendor "Kong" for product "Insomnia" and version "10.0"
en
Affected
Kong
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 Insomnia
Search vendor "Kong" for product "Insomnia"
 10.1
Search vendor "Kong" for product "Insomnia" and version "10.1"
en
Affected
Kong
Search vendor "Kong"
 Insomnia
Search vendor "Kong" for product "Insomnia"
 10.2
Search vendor "Kong" for product "Insomnia" and version "10.2"
en
Affected
Kong
Search vendor "Kong"
 Insomnia
Search vendor "Kong" for product "Insomnia"
 10.3
Search vendor "Kong" for product "Insomnia" and version "10.3"
en
Affected