CVE-2025-3653
Petlibro ≤ 1.7.31
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:XSummary
CVE-2025-3653 is a medium-severity Improper Authorization of Index Containing Sensitive Information (CWE-612) vulnerability in Petlibro Petlibro. Its CVSS base score is 6.9 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Information Repositories (T1213); ranked at the 13th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and AC-6 (Least Privilege) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-3653, published on 2026-01-04, is an improper access control vulnerability (CWE-612) in the Petlibro Smart Pet Feeder Platform versions up to 1.7.31. The issue stems from the platform accepting arbitrary serial numbers without ownership verification, allowing unauthorized manipulation of devices through control APIs.
The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L), making it exploitable remotely over the network with low complexity and no privileges or user interaction required. Attackers can send arbitrary serial numbers to the device control APIs, enabling full unauthorized control of any targeted device, including changing feeding schedules, triggering manual feeds, accessing camera feeds, and modifying device settings.
Advisories detailing the vulnerability, including mitigation guidance, are available from VulnCheck at https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/petlibro-smart-pet-feeder-through-platform-improper-access-control-via-api-endpoint and additional analysis at https://bobdahacker.com/blog/petlibro.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-0786
Vulnerability Data
Petlibro Smart Pet Feeder Platform versions up to 1.7.31 contains an improper access control vulnerability that allows unauthorized device manipulation by accepting arbitrary serial numbers without ownership verification. Attackers can control any device by sending serial numbers to device control…
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APIs to change feeding schedules, trigger manual feeds, access camera feeds, and modify device settings without authorization checks.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-3 directly enforces authorization checks on the search index so that only users permitted to view the original documents can access indexed content.
AC-6 limits privileges so that fewer accounts can reach the index, reducing the chance that unauthorized actors obtain sensitive indexed data.
AC-16 associates sensitivity attributes with data, enabling the index to inherit and enforce the same access restrictions as the source documents.
AC-4 enforces information-flow rules that can stop sensitive data from being reachable through an improperly authorized index.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Directly enforces authorization policy and least privilege for access to sensitive data including indexes.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Information access restriction is the technical mechanism that prevents unauthorized index queries.
Managing access rights ensures only authorized users can reach indexed sensitive content.
Privileged access rights may be used to enforce index restrictions but are not the primary control.
Classification helps identify what must be protected but does not enforce index access limits.
Access control policies directly limit who can query or view the index.
Data leakage prevention can block unauthorized index exposure but is supplementary.