Deserialization in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.23

CVE-2025-2251

A security flaw exists in WildFly and JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) within the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) remote invocation mechanism. This vulnerability stems from untrusted data deserialization handled by JBoss Marshalling. This flaw allows an attacker to send a specially crafted serialized object, leading to remote code execution without requiring authentication.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (62.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 62.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-2251: held from 0.010 to 0.010.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-2251?
CVE-2025-2251 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Jboss Enterprise Application Platform 7.4.23, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2025-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2025-2251?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.