CVE-2025-27638
Published: 05 March 2025
Description
Adversaries may obtain and abuse credentials of existing accounts as a means of gaining Initial Access, Persistence, Privilege Escalation, or Defense Evasion.
Security Summary
CVE-2025-27638 is a hardcoded password vulnerability (CWE-259), designated as V-2024-013, affecting Vasion Print, formerly known as PrinterLogic. It impacts Virtual Appliance Host versions prior to 22.0.1002 and Application versions prior to 20.0.2614. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), classifying it as critical due to its potential for severe impact.
Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation grants high-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, likely enabling unauthorized access via the hardcoded credentials.
Advisories recommend upgrading to Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.1002 or later and Application 20.0.2614 or later to mitigate the issue. Further details on patches and remediation are provided in the PrinterLogic security bulletin at https://help.printerlogic.com/saas/Print/Security/Security-Bulletins.htm, Pierre Kim's disclosure of 83 Vasion/PrinterLogic vulnerabilities at https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2025-04-08-vasion-printerlogic-83-vulnerabilities.html, and the Full Disclosure mailing list entry at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/18.
Details
- CWE(s)
Affected Products
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Hardcoded password vulnerability directly enables use of known valid credentials for remote unauthorized access.