GFI Archiver up to 15.8 ArchiverSpaApi URL Endpoint hard-coded credentials

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in GFI Archiver up to 15.8. This affects an unknown part of the component ArchiverSpaApi URL Endpoint. Executing a manipulation can lead to hard-coded credentials. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-35940. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in GFI Archiver up to 15.8. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the component ArchiverSpaApi URL Endpoint. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a hard-coded credentials vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The ArchiverSpaApi ASP.NET application uses a hard-coded JWT signing key. An unauthenticated remote attacker can generate and use a verifiable JWT token to access protected ArchiverSpaApi URL endpoints.

The advisory is shared for download at tenable.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2025-35940 since 04/15/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 06/11/2025). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1110.001.

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 vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-17816). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• GFI

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• Archiver

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• 15.0
• 15.1
• 15.2
• 15.3
• 15.4
• 15.5
• 15.6
• 15.7
• 15.8

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