3.2Low

CVE-2025-48931

TeleMessage service Published: 2025-05-28 03:00 (1 year ago)

Description

The TeleMessage service through 2025-05-05 relies on MD5 for password hashing, which opens up various attack possibilities (including rainbow tables) with low computational effort.

Weakness (CWE): CWE-328

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
smarsh	telemessage	≤ 2025-05-05
TeleMessage	service	≤ 2025-05-05

References and patches

https://www.wired.com/story/how-the-signal-knock-off-app-telemessage-got-hacked-in-20-minutes/ Press/Media Coverage

CPE matches (NVD) (1)

cpe:2.3:a:smarsh:telemessage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* ≤ 2025-05-05

CVSS score

3.2Low

Source: mitre · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: High
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Scope: Changed
Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

All scores (3)

cna	CVSS 3.1	3.2Low
cve@mitre.org	CVSS 3.1	3.2Low
nvd	CVSS 3.1	5.5Medium

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.10%

higher than 1% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial

Timeline

ID reserved2025-05-28
Published2025-05-28 03:00
Reached IP-DB2026-10-25 00:00
Last updated2026-06-17 12:30

Assigned by (CNA): mitre
NVD status: Analyzed

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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