What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-4018: 20120630 Novel-Plus CrawlController.java addCrawlSource missing authentication

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2025-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in 20120630 Novel-Plus up to 0e156c04b4b7ce0563bef6c97af4476fcda8f160. This issue affects the function addCrawlSource of the file novel-crawl/src/main/java/com/java2nb/novel/controller/CrawlController.java. The manipulation leads to missing authentication. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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.

Affected products

• novel-plus: before 5.1.1 — fixed in 5.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: novel-plus 5.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.306371
• https://vuldb.com/?id.306371
• https://vuldb.com/?submit.558377
• https://www.cnblogs.com/aibot/p/18827504

Get alerted when CVE-2025-4018 or the next vulnerability affects your stack