What is CVE-2023-25261?

CVE-2023-25261 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Stimulsoft Designer, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-27.

How severe is CVE-2023-25261?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2023-25261 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

RCE in Stimulsoft Designer

CVE-2023-25261

Certain Stimulsoft GmbH products are affected by: Remote Code Execution. This affects Stimulsoft Designer (Desktop) 2023.1.4 and Stimulsoft Designer (Web) 2023.1.3 and Stimulsoft Viewer (Web) 2023.1.3. Access to the local file system is not prohibited in any way. Therefore, an attacker may include source code which reads or writes local directories and files. It is also possible for the attacker to prepare a report which has a variable that holds the gathered data and render it in the report.

Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)

EPSS: 0.019 (77.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Stimulsoft Designer — versions 2023.1, 2023.1.3, 2023.1.4
Stimulsoft Viewer — versions 2023.1.3, 2023.1.4
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94 — Code Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-25261?: CVE-2023-25261 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Stimulsoft Designer, classified under Code Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-03-27.
How severe is CVE-2023-25261?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-25261 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.