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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-4525

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows.

Published May 10, 2025 · catalog updated May 12, 2025 · Discord

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4525. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of Discord is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
High7.3
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.35%
Remediation
Vendor / distro source
Affected products
vendor n/a Discord 1.0.9188

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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  • vendor n/a Discord 1.0.91881.0.9188

How to fix CVE-2025-4525

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-4525. EPSS is 0.35%. Act only if a listed version of Discord is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with n/a Discord 1.0.9188 1.0.9188. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.35%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

Windows security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 10, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the pu

  2. May 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Updated

    A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the pu

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-4525

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-4525

    30-day exploitation probability 0.4%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-14248

    A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Discord 1.0.9188 on Windows. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library WINSTA.dll. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. The attack needs to be approached locally. The com

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.