CVE-2024-25728 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

ExpressVPN before 12.73.0 on Windows, when split tunneling is used, sends DNS requests according to the Windows configuration (e.g., sends them to DNS servers operated by the user's ISP instead of to the ExpressVPN DNS servers), which may allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about websites visited by VPN users.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00196.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Expressvpn	Expressvpn

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:expressvpn:expressvpn:*:*:*:*:*:windows:*:*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/expressvpn-bug-has-been-leaking-some-dns-requests-for-years/
https://www.expressvpn.com/blog/windows-app-dns-requests/

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.00272}`	epss `{'score': 0.00196}`

Wed, 30 Oct 2024 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-922
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:expressvpn:expressvpn::::::::
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 05 Sep 2024 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Expressvpn Expressvpn expressvpn
Weaknesses		NVD-CWE-noinfo
CPEs		cpe:2.3:a:expressvpn:expressvpn::::::windows::*
Vendors & Products		Expressvpn Expressvpn expressvpn
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2024-02-11T00:00:00

Updated: 2024-10-30T19:12:30.970Z

Reserved: 2024-02-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2024-25728

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T23:52:06.236Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-02-11T22:15:08.360

Modified: 2024-11-21T09:01:17.043

Link: CVE-2024-25728

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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