CVE-2025-3984
highpriority · track · 30EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
A vulnerability was found in Apereo CAS 5.2.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function saveService of the file cas-5.2.6\webapp-mgmt\cas-management-webapp-support\src\main\java\org\apereo\cas\mgmt\services\web\RegisteredServiceSimpleFormController.java of the component Groovy Code Handler. The manipulation leads to code injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 0.6–7.5
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affected products (3)
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- apereo central authentication service= 5.2.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:apereo:central_authentication_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Maven org.apereo.cas:cas-management-webapp-support≤ 5.2.6osvUSpkg:maven/org.apereo.cas/cas-management-webapp-support
advisories (1)
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- GHSA-37pq-893f-g7q5Apereo CAS code injection vulnerability2025-04-27ghsa · osvUS
A vulnerability was found in Apereo CAS 5.2.6 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function saveService of the file cas-5.2.6\webapp-mgmt\cas-management-webapp-support\src\main\java\org\apereo\cas\mgmt\services\web\RegisteredServiceSimpleFormController.java of the component Groovy Code Handler. The manipulation leads to code injection. The attack may be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.
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references (14)
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- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-3984cnnvd
- https://github.com/apereo/cas/releasesPatchcnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.306320cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?id.306320cnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?submit.557100cnnvd
- https://wx.mail.qq.com/s?k=ilW4ixcMaVgGU49Dijcnnvd
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.306320enisa_euvd
- https://vuldb.com/?id.306320enisa_euvd
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