CVE-2025-30172
Published: 22 May 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-30172 is a high-severity Code Injection (CWE-94) vulnerability in Abb (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 8.9 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 20.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-30172 is a remote code execution vulnerability, tracked under CWE-94, that exists in ABB's ASPECT product line when session administrator credentials are obtained by an attacker. It affects ASPECT-Enterprise, NEXUS Series, and MATRIX Series versions through 3.08.03 and carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 8.9 reflecting high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability under a network attack vector that requires high attack complexity and privileged access.
An attacker who compromises valid session administrator credentials can leverage the flaw to execute arbitrary code on the affected system. This grants the ability to fully compromise the target host, including reading, modifying, or deleting data and extending control into connected components.
The sole reference points to an ABB security advisory and patch document available for download, which practitioners should consult for official remediation steps and version updates addressing the affected releases. The associated EPSS score has remained flat at 0.0125 with no observed increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-16180
Vulnerability details
Remote Code Execution vulnerabilities are present in ASPECT if session administrator credentials become compromised This issue affects ASPECT-Enterprise: through 3.08.03; NEXUS Series: through 3.08.03; MATRIX Series: through 3.08.03.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Makes persistent code injection into loaded programs impossible when the executable image itself resides on hardware-protected read-only media.
Dynamically generated code can be produced and executed inside the isolated chamber, preventing host compromise from code-injection payloads.
Validates inputs used in dynamic code generation to block injected directives.
Directly prevents execution of attacker-supplied code written into data memory regions.