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Medium · 5.3 CVE-2025-54133 EUVD-2025-23406

Cursor's MCP Install Deeplink Does Not Show Arguments in its User-Dialog

Published Aug 1, 2025 · Updated Aug 4, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
cursor cursor >= 1.17, < 1.3 —

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