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CVE-2025-3600: Unsafe Reflection Vulnerability in Progress® Telerik® UI for AJAX

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Overview

This report delves into the CVE-2025-3600 vulnerability, an unsafe reflection issue discovered in Progress® Telerik® UI for AJAX. Affecting versions from 2011.2.712 to 2025.1.218, the vulnerability has the potential to crash the hosting process and cause a denial of service. Due to the widespread use of Telerik® UI for AJAX, this vulnerability could have significant impacts if not promptly addressed.

Vulnerability Summary

CVE ID: CVE-2025-3600
Severity: High (7.5)
Attack Vector: Network
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Impact: Hosting process crash and potential denial of service, with further potential for system compromise or data leakage

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Product | Affected Versions

Progress® Telerik® UI for AJAX | 2011.2.712 to 2025.1.218

How the Exploit Works

The exploit works by leveraging an unsafe reflection vulnerability within the Telerik® UI for AJAX. An attacker could craft a malicious payload that, when processed by the vulnerable application, causes an unhandled exception. This exception could lead to a crash of the hosting process, resulting in a denial of service.

Conceptual Example Code

Here is a conceptual example of how the vulnerability could be exploited:

POST /vulnerable/endpoint HTTP/1.1
Host: target.example.com
Content-Type: application/json
{ "malicious_payload": "{...malicious code...}" }

This HTTP request sends a crafted JSON object with a malicious payload to a vulnerable endpoint. The payload then triggers the unhandled exception, crashing the hosting process.

Mitigation

Users are strongly advised to apply the vendor-supplied patch for this issue. If a patch is not immediately available, a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can be used as a temporary mitigation measure. Regularly updating and patching software, as well as monitoring network traffic for anomalies, can also help prevent successful exploitation of this vulnerability.

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Disclaimer:

The information and code presented in this article are provided for educational and defensive cybersecurity purposes only. Any conceptual or pseudocode examples are simplified representations intended to raise awareness and promote secure development and system configuration practices.

Do not use this information to attempt unauthorized access or exploit vulnerabilities on systems that you do not own or have explicit permission to test.

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