CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2025-5114 — A vulnerability has been found in easysoft zentaopms 21.5_20250307 and classified as critical

Critical CVSS 9.1

A vulnerability has been found in easysoft zentaopms 21.5_20250307 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function Edit of the file /index.php?m=editor&f=edit&filePath=cGhhcjovLy9ldGMvcGFzc3dk&action=edit of the component Committer. The manipulation of the argument filePath leads to deserialization. The attack can be initiated remotely. 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.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.1 (3.1)
Published
2025-05-23
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-20, CWE-502

Affected products

  • easycorp / zentao / 21.5_2025-03-07

Matched remediation archetype

Unsafe deserialization and object reconstruction

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Check exposure

  • Inventory serialization formats accepted from requests, queues, caches, files, cookies, and cross-service messages.
  • Trace whether untrusted input can select classes, types, callbacks, constructors, or object hooks during decoding.
  • Identify signing, schema validation, trust-boundary, and compatibility settings for each decoder.

Remediate safely

  • Replace native object deserialization with a data-only format and explicit schema validation.
  • If replacement is not immediate, use a safe decoder with a minimal type allowlist and disable polymorphic or executable hooks.
  • Update the affected library and add inert tests for unknown types, extra fields, malformed nesting, and unsigned data.

Authoritative sources

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