{"id":"CVE-2020-12835","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-12835","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T02:08:54.193Z","title":"Due to unsafe use of an Java RMI based protocol in an unsafe configuration, an attacker can inject malicious serialized objects into the communication, resulting in remote code execution in the context of a client-side Network Licensing Protocol…","description":"An issue was discovered in SmartBear ReadyAPI SoapUI Pro 3.2.5. Due to unsafe use of an Java RMI based protocol in an unsafe configuration, an attacker can inject malicious serialized objects into the communication, resulting in remote code execution in the context of a client-side Network Licensing Protocol component.","published":"2020-05-20T13:15:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:52:24.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-502"],"affected":["smartbear/readyapi"],"epss":{"score":0.13286,"percentile":0.96395,"date":"2026-11-03","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.3%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157772/Protection-Licensing-Toolkit-ReadyAPI-3.2.5-Code-Execution-Deserialization.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/38","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2019-039.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.syss.de/pentest-blog/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157772/Protection-Licensing-Toolkit-ReadyAPI-3.2.5-Code-Execution-Deserialization.html","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/38","tags":["Exploit","Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2019-039.txt","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.syss.de/pentest-blog/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12835","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}