PT-2025-31882 · Unknown · Trilium Notes

Mrdgef · CVE-2025-53544 · Published 2025-08-05 · Updated 2025-08-10

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Trilium Notes versions prior to 0.97.0

Description Trilium Notes is a cross-platform hierarchical note taking application. A brute-force protection bypass in the initial sync seed retrieval endpoint allows unauthenticated attackers to guess the login password without triggering rate limiting. The application is single-user and does not require a username. The application can be exposed to the internet due to features like multi-factor authentication and note sharing.

Recommendations Update to version 0.97.0 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-307

Related Identifiers

CVE-2025-53544

GHSA-HW5P-FF75-327R

Affected Products

Trilium Notes

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/security/advisories/GHSA-hw5p-ff75-327r · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/53xxx/CVE-2025-53544.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53544 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53544 · Security Note
• https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/pull/6243/commits/04c8f8a1234e8c9f4a87da187180375227b21223 · Note
• https://github.com/TriliumNext/Trilium/releases/tag/v0.97.0 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1952539704026616085 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1954497996634182026 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/29146 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/130861 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1952607493693038878 · Twitter Post