CVE-2025-48881 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.3) CWE-863 vulnerability in com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api. A fix is available for com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Valtimo backend libraries allows objects in the object-api to be accessed and modified by unauthorized users
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2025-48881.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2025-48881 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 378,567 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api☕com.ritense.valtimo:object-management☕com.ritense.valtimo:object-management☕com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-apiReal-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects Maven packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
Impact
All objects for which an object-management configuration exists can be listed, viewed, edited, created or deleted by unauthorised users.
If object-urls are exposed via other channels, the contents of these objects can be viewed independent of object-management configurations.
Attack requirements
The following conditions have to be met in order to perform this attack:
- A user must be logged in
- No relevant application roles are required
- At least one object-type must be configured via object-management
- The scope of the attack is limited to objects that are configured via object-management.
- The value of
showInDataMenuis irrelevant for this attack
Patches
This issue was patched in version 12.13.0.RELEASE.
Workarounds
It is possible to override the endpoint security as defined in ObjectenApiHttpSecurityConfigurer and ObjectManagementHttpSecurityConfigurer. Depending on the implementation, this could result in loss of functionality.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| ☕Maven | com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api | ≥ 11.0.0.RELEASE | No fix |
| ☕Maven | com.ritense.valtimo:object-management | ≥ 11.0.0.RELEASE | No fix |
| ☕Maven | com.ritense.valtimo:object-management | ≥ 12.0.0.RELEASE&&< 12.13.0.RELEASE | 12.13.0.RELEASEcom.ritense.valtimo:object-management:12.13.0.RELEASE |
| ☕Maven | com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api | ≥ 12.0.0.RELEASE&&< 12.13.0.RELEASE | 12.13.0.RELEASEcom.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api:12.13.0.RELEASE |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
No patched version of com.ritense.valtimo:objecten-api has shipped for CVE-2025-48881 yet. Where your build allows, override or pin the dependency away from the vulnerable range, and apply any maintainer-recommended mitigation.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2025-48881 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2025-48881. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2025-48881 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2025-48881 across Maven dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.