CVE-2025-61680
Minecraft RCON Terminal: Plain Text Password Storage in Configuration
Minecraft RCON Terminal is a VS Code extension that streamlines Minecraft server management. Versions 0.1.0 through 2.0.6 stores passwords using VS Code's configuration API which writes to settings.json in plaintext. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Minecraft RCON Terminal: Plain Text Password Storage in Configuration
Minecraft RCON Terminal is a VS Code extension that streamlines Minecraft server management. Versions 0.1.0 through 2.0.6 stores passwords using VS Code's configuration API which writes to settings.json in plaintext. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-61680- CVSS 4.0
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-33194
Minecraft RCON Terminal is a VS Code extension that streamlines Minecraft server management. Versions 0.1.0 through 2.0.6 stores passwords using VS Code's configuration API which writes to settings.json in plaintext. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.
- Record
EUVD-2025-33194- CVSS 4.0
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Minecraft RCON Terminal is a VS Code extension that streamlines Minecraft server management. Versions 0.1.0 through 2.0.6 stores passwords using VS Code's configuration API which writes to settings.json in plaintext. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-61680- CVSS 4.0
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/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 - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Minecraft RCON Terminal: Plain Text Password Storage in Configuration
Minecraft RCON Terminal is a VS Code extension that streamlines Minecraft server management. Versions 0.1.0 through 2.0.6 stores passwords using VS Code's configuration API which writes to settings.json in plaintext. This issue is fixed in version 2.1.0.
- Record
CVE-2025-61680- CVSS 4.0
- 6.6 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U - Weakness
- CWE-256
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-61680 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.6) in Jaketcooper Minecraft-rcon, published October 3, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.35%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
github.com/jaketcooper/Minecraft-rcon/security/advisories/GHSA-4m33-hxqw-7j77
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-61680