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FKIE_CVE-2025-14265

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-12-11 15:15 - Updated: 2026-10-07 20:10

Severity

9.1 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

In versions of ScreenConnect™ prior to 25.8, server-side validation and integrity checks within the extension subsystem could allow the installation and execution of untrusted or arbitrary extensions by authorized or administrative users. Abuse of this behavior could result in the execution of custom code on the server or unauthorized access to application configuration data. This issue affects only the ScreenConnect server component; host and guest clients are not impacted. ScreenConnect 25.8 introduces enhanced server-side configuration handling and integrity checks to ensure only trusted extensions can be installed.

References

	URL	Tags
	7d616e1a-3288-43b1-a0dd-0a65d3e70a49	https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/security-bulletins/screenconnect-2025.8-security-patch	Vendor Advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	connectwise	screenconnect	*

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CVE-2025-14265 (GCVE-0-2025-14265)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-11 14:21 – Updated: 2026-02-26 16:21

Title

Improper server-side validation in ScreenConnect extension framework

Summary

Severity

9.1 (Critical)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC

Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-12-12 04:55 UTC

CWE

CWE-494 - Download of Code Without Integrity Check

Assigner

ConnectWise CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard – unranked: 3 records in the last 180 days, 10 needed details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/securit…

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
ConnectWise	ScreenConnect	Affected: All versions prior to 2025.8

Credits

Paul Whiting (Ultraviolet Cyber)

Show details on NVD website

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