Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
This vulnerability lets anyone trigger password-reset verification emails from Veal98 Echo 2.2 through 2.3 to arbitrary recipients. The practical risk is service disruption: mail queues, quotas, or user inboxes may be overwhelmed. The provided sources do not identify data theft or account takeover impact.
Executive priority
Prioritize if Echo is internet-facing or email delivery is operationally important. The main business risk is availability and reputation damage from email abuse, not confidentiality compromise based on current evidence.
Technical view
CVE-2025-51741 is a network-accessible, unauthenticated resource-consumption flaw in /sendEmailCodeForResetPwd. CVSS 3.1 is 7.5 high, with availability impact only. The CVE maps to CWE-400. Product metadata is incomplete, but the description names Veal98 Echo Open-Source Community System 2.2 through 2.3.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely limited to organizations running Veal98 Echo 2.2 or 2.3 with the password-reset email endpoint reachable over the network. The CVE record lists generic affected fields as n/a, so asset confirmation is required.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not show CISA KEV listing or confirmed active exploitation. The referenced public gist may describe the issue, but this analysis does not rely on or repeat offensive details. Treat internet-facing deployments as higher risk because authentication is not required.
Researcher notes
Evidence is thin: the CVE description, CVSS vector, CWE-400 mapping, GitHub project, and gist are the public anchors. No official affected CPEs, patch version, workaround, or active exploitation confirmation is present in the supplied bundle.
Mitigation direction
- Check the vendor repository and CVE references for patched versions or official guidance.
- Restrict public access to the reset-email endpoint where business workflows allow.
- Apply existing API, WAF, or application rate limits to password-reset email requests.
- Set mail-provider quotas and alerting to reduce downstream email service disruption.
- Monitor for unusual reset-email volume until a vendor fix is confirmed.
Validation and detection
- Inventory Echo deployments and confirm whether versions 2.2 or 2.3 are present.
- Verify whether /sendEmailCodeForResetPwd is externally reachable.
- Review application logs for abnormal reset-email request volume.
- Review mail logs for spikes, bounces, quota failures, or recipient complaints.
- Document whether compensating controls throttle unauthenticated reset-email requests.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H3.93.6CISA-ADPVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://github.com/Veal98/EchoCVE reference, mitre
- https://gist.github.com/Paxsizy/9d92e8746778cf0926705d89b4f3618cCVE reference, mitre
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