CVE-2025-54133 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-54133: Cursor's MCP Install Deeplink Does Not Show Arguments in its User-Dialog

Vendor Cursor
Product cursor
Weakness CWE-78
Published August 1, 2025
Last update August 4, 2025

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction
Confidentiality
Integrity

CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.17 through 1.2, there is a UI information disclosure vulnerability in Cursor's MCP (Model Context Protocol) deeplink handler, allowing attackers to execute 2-click arbitrary system commands through social engineering attacks. When users click malicious `cursor://anysphere.cursor-deeplink/mcp/install` links, the installation dialog does not show the arguments being passed to the command being run. If a user clicks a malicious deeplink, then examines the installation dialog and clicks through, the full command including the arguments will be executed on the machine. This is fixed in version 1.3.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 1, 2025 CVE published
August 4, 2025 Record updated