CVE-2025-27672
Published: 05 March 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-27672 is a critical-severity Improper Authentication (CWE-287) vulnerability in Printerlogic Vasion Print. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 18.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 IA-13 (Identity Providers and Authorization Servers) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Threat & Defense at a Glance
Threat & Defense Details
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5)AI
Requires timely identification, reporting, and correction of system flaws, directly mitigating the OAuth security bypass by applying vendor-recommended upgrades to patched versions.
Mandates secure requirements for identity providers and authorization servers used in OAuth flows, preventing authentication bypass vulnerabilities like CWE-287 in the virtual appliance.
Enforces identification and authentication for users and processes, addressing improper authentication in the OAuth mechanism to block unauthorized access.
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
The CVE describes an authentication bypass (CWE-287) in a public-facing Vasion Print virtual appliance, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to gain full control over the system. This directly maps to exploitation of a public-facing application.
NVD Description
Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) before Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.843 Application 20.0.1923 allows OAUTH Security Bypass OVE-20230524-0016.
Deeper analysisAI
CVE-2025-27672 is an OAuth security bypass vulnerability (tracked internally as OVE-20230524-0016) affecting Vasion Print, formerly known as PrinterLogic, specifically versions of the Virtual Appliance Host prior to 22.0.843 and the Application prior to 20.0.1923. Assigned 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), it stems from CWE-287 (Improper Authentication), enabling attackers to circumvent authentication mechanisms in the OAuth flow.
Remote attackers require no privileges or user interaction and can exploit this over the network with low complexity. Successful exploitation grants high-impact access, compromising confidentiality, integrity, and availability, potentially allowing full control over the affected virtual appliance.
The vendor's security bulletin at https://help.printerlogic.com/saas/Print/Security/Security-Bulletins.htm details mitigation steps, including upgrading to Virtual Appliance Host 22.0.843 or later and Application 20.0.1923 or later.
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