CVE-2025-5154PhonePe App SQLite Database databases cleartext storage in file
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.19%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 91% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- YesPublic exploitsa reference or SSVC says so
Description
A vulnerability was identified in PhonePe App 25.03.21.0 on Android. This affects an unknown function of the file /data/data/com.phonepe.app/databases/ of the component SQLite Database. The manipulation leads to cleartext storage in a file or on disk. The attack needs to be performed locally. The exploit is publicly available and might be used. The actual existence of this vulnerability is currently in question. The root-requirement of the attack is reflected by the CVSS vector attribute PR:H. The vendor explains: "[A]s per the PoC this vulnerability needs a rooted device to exploit. PhonePe does not consider vulnerabilities found in rooted device as valid because there is not real-world exploit scenario."
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. 2 references of the record are tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
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Timeline
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- 1 day later
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Published
- 17 months later
· 17 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium4.6 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low2.3 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low2.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Low1.4 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 4.0 | Low1.8 | CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.19% · top 91% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
PhonePe App
- affected 25.03.21.0
References
References6
- VDB-310242 | PhonePe App SQLite Database databases cleartext storage in file (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-description
- VDB-310242 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-required
- CVE-2025-5154 | CVE Analysis and Report (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- Submit #576245 | PhonePe Private Limited PhonePe Android App 25.03.21.0 Information Disclosure (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/honestcorrupt/-Insecure-Local-Storage-of-Sensitive-User-Data-in-PhonePe-Android-App-Unpatched- (opens in a new tab)patchexploit
- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Xj9y2w3E98IZu8PUeGGI0nQPNsvVm87I?usp=sharing (opens in a new tab)exploit
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-16246 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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