{"id":59670,"date":"2025-07-27T01:27:29","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:27:29","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-09-14T23:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T05:37:05","slug":"cve-2025-52164-agorum-core-open-plaintext-credential-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52164-agorum-core-open-plaintext-credential-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-52164: Agorum Core Open Plaintext Credential Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability in question, CVE-2025-52164, exists within two versions of Software GmbH&#8217;s Agorum core open v11.9.2 &#038; v11.10.1. This vulnerability is particularly severe due to the software&#8217;s insecure storage of users&#8217; credentials. Instead of encrypting the credentials, it stores them in plaintext, thereby exposing them to potential malicious users who manage to gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-50060-critical-data-access-vulnerability-in-oracle-bi-publisher\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70303\">access to this data<\/a>. This vulnerability is of particular concern to organizations that use these versions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49688-double-free-vulnerability-in-windows-rras-opens-door-for-unauthorized-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67740\">Agorum core<\/a> open, as it could lead to significant breaches of security and privacy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-52164<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.2 CVSS Score)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43192-critical-configuration-issue-in-macos-allowing-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75428\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2415828983\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Agorum core open | v11.9.2<br \/>\nAgorum core open | v11.10.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8322-critical-missing-authorization-vulnerability-in-e-school-software-by-ventem\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70302\">vulnerability stems from the software&#8217;s<\/a> insecure method of storing user credentials. Specifically, instead of encrypting these details, it stores them in plaintext. A malicious actor who gains access to the database or any area where these credentials are stored can read and misuse them directly, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-41668-critical-file-replacement-leading-to-unauthorized-access\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67742\">leading to unauthorized<\/a> access to sensitive information or the overall system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3154501286\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Here is a conceptual example of how a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8714-critical-postgresql-vulnerability-allowing-malicious-code-injection-by-superusers\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"80745\">malicious actor might attempt to exploit this vulnerability:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/api\/credentials HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-agorum.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>The above HTTP request attempts to access the endpoint where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8031-leakage-of-http-basic-authentication-credentials-in-firefox-and-thunderbird\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"75427\">plaintext<\/a> credentials are stored. If the attacker has already compromised the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53024-high-risk-oracle-vm-virtualbox-vulnerability-allows-system-takeover\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70776\">system to a degree that allows<\/a> them to send such requests, they could retrieve these credentials and use them for further malicious activities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation and Patching<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary mitigation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46658-critical-security-vulnerability-in-exonautweb-s-4c-strategies-exonaut-21-6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82520\">strategy for this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor-provided patch. Software GmbH has released patches for both affected versions of Agorum core open. Organizations using these software <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-47136-integer-underflow-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop-versions-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79777\">versions should apply these patches immediately to protect their systems<\/a>.<br \/>\nIn cases where applying the patch is not immediately possible, organizations can use a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation strategy. This can help prevent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-46835-high-risk-vulnerability-in-git-gui-allows-unauthorized-file-overwrite\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"67741\">unauthorized access to the vulnerable<\/a> endpoint until the patch can be applied. However, this should not be seen as a long-term solution, as it does not address the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52688-critical-vulnerability-allowing-root-command-injection-on-access-point\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"70304\">root cause of the vulnerability<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The vulnerability in question, CVE-2025-52164, exists within two versions of Software GmbH&#8217;s Agorum core open v11.9.2 &#038; v11.10.1. This vulnerability is particularly severe due to the software&#8217;s insecure storage of users&#8217; credentials. Instead of encrypting the credentials, it stores them in plaintext, thereby exposing them to potential malicious users who manage to gain access [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-59670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59670"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75039,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59670\/revisions\/75039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59670"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=59670"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=59670"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=59670"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=59670"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=59670"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=59670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}