CVE-2025-3935
ConnectWise ScreenConnect Improper Authentication Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 23 June 2025). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
ScreenConnect versions 25.2.3 and earlier versions may be susceptible to a ViewState code injection attack. ASP.NET Web Forms use ViewState to preserve page and control state, with data encoded using Base64 protected by machine keys. It is important to note that to obtain these machine keys, privileged system level access must be obtained. If these machine keys are compromised, attackers could create and send a malicious ViewState to the website, potentially leading to remote code execution on the server. The risk does not originate from a vulnerability introduced by ScreenConnect, but from platform level behavior. This had no direct impact to ScreenConnect Client. ScreenConnect 2025.4 patch disables ViewState and removes any dependency on it.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.39% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Listed 2 June 2025 · due 23 June 2025
- Weakness
- CWE-502
- Affected
- connectwise/screenconnect
- Source
- 7d616e1a-3288-43b1-a0dd-0a65d3e70a49
CISA notes
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. https://www.connectwise.com/company/trust/security-bulletins/screenconnect-security-patch-2025.4 ; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-3935
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.