CVE-2025-53964
GoldenDict 1.5.0 and 1.5.1 has an exposed dangerous method that allows reading and modifying files when a user adds a crafted dictionary and then searches...
- Published
- Jul 17, 2025
- Updated
- Jul 17, 2025
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 6, 2026
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:LLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 36.5%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
GoldenDict 1.5.0 and 1.5.1 has an exposed dangerous method that allows reading and modifying files when a user adds a crafted dictionary and then searches for any term included in that dictionary.
Sources
1Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-53964: remote file read/write via malicious XDXF dictionary in GoldenDict 1.5.0/1.5.1, leveraging unsanitized XML and JS execution.
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