CVE-2025-2538: BUG-000174336 - Password Recovery Exploitation in Portal for ArcGIS

9.8 CVSS

Description

A specific type of ArcGIS Enterprise deployment, is vulnerable to a Password Recovery Exploitation vulnerability in Portal, that could allow an attacker to reset the password on the built in admin account.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-2538

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.8

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

Problem Types

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Affected Products

Vendor: Esri

Product: Portal for ArcGIS

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.1% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 28.72% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-04-18 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-2538
https://www.esri.com/arcgis-blog/products/trust-arcgis/administration/portal-for-arcgis-security-2025-update-1-patch/

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