Esri Portal for ArcGIS 10.9.1/11.1/11.2/11.3/11.4 Password Recovery hard-coded credentials

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Esri Portal for ArcGIS 10.9.1/11.1/11.2/11.3/11.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Password Recovery. Performing a manipulation results in hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2025-2538. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Esri Portal for ArcGIS 10.9.1/11.1/11.2/11.3/11.4. This affects an unknown function of the component Password Recovery. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-798. The product contains hard-coded credentials, such as a password or cryptographic key, which it uses for its own inbound authentication, outbound communication to external components, or encryption of internal data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A hardcoded credential vulnerability exists in a specific deployment pattern for Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 11.4 and below that may allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to gain administrative access to the system.

It is possible to read the advisory at esri.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-2538 since 03/19/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1110.001 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 233867 (Esri Portal for ArcGIS < Security 2025 Update 1 Hardcoded Credentials), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (233867) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-7146). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.5

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Hard-coded credentials
CWE: CWE-798 / CWE-259 / CWE-255
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 233867
Nessus Name: Esri Portal for ArcGIS < Security 2025 Update 1 Hardcoded Credentials

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

03/19/2025 🔍
03/20/2025 +1 days 🔍
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12/10/2025 +265 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: esri.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-2538 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-2538
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-300531
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/20/2025 23:24
Updated: 12/10/2025 21:23
Changes: 03/20/2025 23:24 (62), 03/22/2025 03:14 (1), 04/05/2025 00:04 (2), 10/01/2025 09:05 (1), 12/10/2025 21:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:BD8:103

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