Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-27638 is a critical-severity Use of Hard-coded Password (CWE-259) vulnerability in Printerlogic Vasion Print. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Valid Accounts (T1078); ranked in the top 45% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to IA-5 (Authenticator Management) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2025-27638 is a hardcoded password vulnerability (CWE-259), designated as V-2024-013, affecting Vasion Print, formerly known as PrinterLogic. It impacts Virtual Appliance Host versions prior to 22.0.1002 and Application versions prior to 20.0.2614. The vulnerability carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), classifying it as critical due to its potential for severe impact.
Remote, unauthenticated attackers can exploit this vulnerability over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation grants high-level impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, likely enabling unauthorized access via the hardcoded credentials.
Advisories recommend upgrading to Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.1002 or later and Application 20.0.2614 or later to mitigate the issue. Further details on patches and remediation are provided in the PrinterLogic security bulletin at https://help.printerlogic.com/saas/Print/Security/Security-Bulletins.htm, Pierre Kim's disclosure of 83 Vasion/PrinterLogic vulnerabilities at https://pierrekim.github.io/blog/2025-04-08-vasion-printerlogic-83-vulnerabilities.html, and the Full Disclosure mailing list entry at http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2025/Apr/18.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-6080
Vulnerability Data
Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) before Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.1002 Application 20.0.2614 allows Hardcoded Password V-2024-013.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Authenticator management requires secure distribution, rotation, and verification of credentials, directly stopping hard-coded passwords from being introduced or used.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Secure SDLC practices directly prohibit embedding credentials in source code or binaries.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Requiring users to change temporary or default passwords at first use stops the continued existence of hard-coded or guessable passwords that are shipped with the product.