CVE-2025-22984

HighPublic PoC

Published: 14 January 2025

Published

14 January 2025

Modified

18 April 2025

KEV Added

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Patch

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CVSS Score 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score 0.0039 59.8th percentile

Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-22984 is a high-severity Insecure Storage of Sensitive Information (CWE-922) vulnerability in Thecosy Icecms. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 40.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-14 (Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement).

Threat & Defense at a Glance

What attackers do: exploitation maps to Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190). What defenders deploy: see the NIST 800-53 controls recommended below.

Threat & Defense Details

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI

AC-3 Access Enforcement good match

prevent

AC-3 enforces approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly preventing unauthenticated attackers from accessing sensitive information via the /api/squareComment/DelectSquareById endpoint.

AC-14 Permitted Actions Without Identification or Authentication good match

prevent

AC-14 defines and restricts permitted actions without identification or authentication, mitigating exposure of sensitive data through unauthenticated API endpoints like the vulnerable component.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

prevent

AC-6 applies least privilege to limit access to only necessary resources, reducing the impact of improper access controls in iceCMS by minimizing exposed sensitive information.

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access

Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.

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Why these techniques?

The vulnerability is an access control issue in a public-facing API endpoint (/api/squareComment/DelectSquareById) of iceCMS v2.2.0, allowing unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive information, which directly enables exploitation of public-facing applications.

NVD Description

An access control issue in the component /api/squareComment/DelectSquareById of iceCMS v2.2.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive information.

Deeper analysisAI

CVE-2025-22984, published on 2025-01-14, is an access control vulnerability (CWE-922) in the /api/squareComment/DelectSquareById component of iceCMS version 2.2.0. It enables unauthenticated attackers to access sensitive information due to improper implementation of access controls. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N), indicating high confidentiality impact with low attack complexity over the network.

Unauthenticated attackers can exploit this issue remotely without privileges or user interaction by sending crafted requests to the affected endpoint. Exploitation results in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information, with no impact on integrity or availability.

Details on the vulnerability, including potential mitigation steps, are documented in the referenced advisory at https://github.com/H3rmesk1t/vulnerability-paper/blob/main/iceCMS-2.2.0-Incorrect%20Access%20Control2.md. Security practitioners should review it for reproduction steps and remediation guidance, such as upgrading iceCMS or implementing access restrictions.