{"id":75206,"date":"2025-09-15T21:23:51","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:23:51","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-28T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:37:26","slug":"cve-2025-10183-xxe-injection-vulnerability-in-teccom-tecconnect-4-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10183-xxe-injection-vulnerability-in-teccom-tecconnect-4-1\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-10183: XXE Injection Vulnerability in TecCom TecConnect 4.1<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a significant security vulnerability, labeled CVE-2025-10183, which impacts the TecCom TecConnect 4.1 webservice. This vulnerability involves a blind XML External Entity (XXE) injection, potentially allowing an unauthenticated attacker to exfiltrate arbitrary files to an attacker-controlled server. Given that TecConnect 4.1 reached its end-of-life stage in December 2023, users are strongly advised to upgrade to TecCom Connect 5. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2022-45134-critical-vulnerability-in-mahara-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82907\">vulnerability matters because it poses a potential risk of system<\/a> compromise and data leakage, which could lead to detrimental consequences for businesses and individuals alike.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-10183<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS: 9.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-9253-stack-based-buffer-overflow-on-linksys-wi-fi-range-extenders-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84257\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3824732350\" 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: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\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: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\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: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>TecCom TecConnect | 4.1<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of the blind XXE <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-53499-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-jeewms-v3-7-cgreportcontroller-api\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82748\">injection vulnerability<\/a> in the OpenMessaging webservice of the TecCom TecConnect 4.1. An attacker, without requiring any authentication, can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-56216-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-phpgurukul-hospital-management-system-4-0\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85950\">inject malicious XML entities into the system<\/a>. These entities can then be used to exfiltrate arbitrary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-36157-unauthorized-remote-server-property-file-modification-in-ibm-jazz-foundation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83049\">files to a server<\/a> that is controlled by the attacker. As a result, the attacker could potentially gain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-7051-unauthorized-access-and-manipulation-of-syslog-configuration-in-n-central\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"84612\">unauthorized access<\/a> to sensitive data or even compromise the entire system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2174158945\" 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>This conceptual example illustrates how an attacker might exploit this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8592-wordpress-inspiro-theme-vulnerability-to-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85436\">vulnerability via a HTTP POST request:<\/a><\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">POST \/OpenMessaging\/endpoint HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/xml\n&lt;!DOCTYPE foo [\n&lt;!ELEMENT foo ANY &gt;\n&lt;!ENTITY xxe SYSTEM &quot;file:\/\/\/etc\/passwd&quot; &gt;]&gt;\n&lt;foo&gt;&amp;xxe;&lt;\/foo&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is attempting to read the content of &#8220;\/etc\/passwd&#8221; file which typically contains user account details on a Unix-like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-41148-serious-code-injection-vulnerability-in-robot-operating-system-ros\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"88928\">operating system<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Countermeasures<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To mitigate this vulnerability, users are strongly advised to upgrade their TecCom TecConnect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30325-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-photoshop-desktop-versions-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"91668\">system to version<\/a> 5. If immediate upgrading is not feasible, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can serve as a temporary mitigation. Furthermore, a vendor patch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-58280-object-heap-address-exposure-vulnerability-in-ark-ets\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87236\">addressing this vulnerability<\/a> should be applied as soon as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) system has identified a significant security vulnerability, labeled CVE-2025-10183, which impacts the TecCom TecConnect 4.1 webservice. This vulnerability involves a blind XML External Entity (XXE) injection, potentially allowing an unauthenticated attacker to exfiltrate arbitrary files to an attacker-controlled server. Given that TecConnect 4.1 reached its end-of-life stage in [&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-75206","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\/75206","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=75206"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84837,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75206\/revisions\/84837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75206"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=75206"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=75206"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=75206"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=75206"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=75206"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=75206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}