What is CVE-2025-14500?

CVE-2025-14500 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Icewarp, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-12-23.

How severe is CVE-2025-14500?

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

RCE in Icewarp

CVE-2025-14500

IceWarp14 X-File-Operation Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of IceWarp. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of the X-File-Operation header. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-27394.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.014 (69.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Icewarp — versions 14.2.0.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

zdi-disclosures@trendmicro.com (x_research-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-14500?: CVE-2025-14500 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Icewarp, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2025-12-23.
How severe is CVE-2025-14500?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.