Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-34210

Vasion Virtual Appliance Application

Public PoC
Published
02 October 2025
Modified
09 October 2025
Patch / advisory
CVSS Score v4 9.4
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Raw vectorCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
EPSS Score 0.0015 4th percentile
Risk Priority 36 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-34210 is a critical-severity Plaintext Storage of a Password (CWE-256) vulnerability in Vasion Virtual Appliance Application. Its CVSS base score is 9.4 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Credentials In Files (T1552.001); ranked at the 4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to SC-28 (Protection of Information at Rest) — see the control section below for these in your framework.

OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

Vasion Print (formerly PrinterLogic) Virtual Appliance Host and Application (VA/SaaS deployments) store a large number of sensitive credentials (database passwords, MySQL root password, SaaS keys, Portainer admin password, etc.) in cleartext files that are world-readable. Any local user - or…

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any process that can read the host filesystem - can retrieve all of these secrets in plain text, leading to credential theft and full compromise of the appliance. The vendor does not consider this to be a security vulnerability as this product "follows a shared responsibility model, where administrators are expected to configure persistent storage encryption."

CWE(s)

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1552.001 Credentials In Files Credential Access
Adversaries may search local file systems and remote file shares for files containing insecurely stored credentials.
T1552 Unsecured Credentials Credential Access
Adversaries may search compromised systems to find and obtain insecurely stored credentials.
Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

CVEs Like This One

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CVE-2025-34197Same product: Vasion Virtual Appliance Application
CVE-2025-34215Same product: Vasion Virtual Appliance Application
CVE-2025-34200Same product: Vasion Virtual Appliance Application
CVE-2025-34223Same product: Vasion Virtual Appliance Application
CVE-2025-34216Same product: Vasion Virtual Appliance Application

Affected Assets

vasion
virtual appliance application
all versions
vasion
virtual appliance host
all versions

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

Requiring confidentiality protection of information at rest directly stops passwords from being stored in plaintext.

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.

PR.DS-01 mostly match
prevents

Encryption and hashing of data-at-rest directly prevent plaintext password storage in files.

PR.AA-01 partial match
prevents

Credential management practices normally include secure storage requirements for passwords.

PR.DS-10 partial match
prevents

Protecting data-in-use can limit exposure of passwords held in memory.

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.

degrades

Directly requires secure handling and protection of authentication information, preventing plaintext password storage.

prevents

Requires use of cryptography to protect sensitive data such as passwords at rest.

prevents

Secure coding practices would prevent developers from writing code that stores passwords in plaintext.

degrades

Mandates secure authentication mechanisms that inherently require hashed or encrypted credentials rather than plaintext.

mitigates

Requires secure deletion of sensitive information, indirectly reducing exposure of stored plaintext passwords.

References