CVE-2025-4428: Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile (EPMM) Code Injection Vulnerability
Advisory generated from the CVE record, CISA, Exploit Observer and VEDAS: what it is, whether it is exploited, who is affected, and how to fix and detect it.
Generated by VEDAS. Scores as of 2026-11-01 19:19 UTC. Rebuilt every few hours from cve-scores, CISA KEV and vedas-signatures. How this works and its limits.
What it is
Remote Code Execution in API component in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile 12.5.0.0 and prior on unspecified platforms allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted API requests.
Description quoted from the CVE record (assigned by ivanti, published 2025-05-13).
Weakness: CWE-94: Improper Control of Generation of Code (‘Code Injection’)
How it can be exploited
Exploitable over the network with low attack complexity needing high privileges and no user interaction. Impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA assessment (SSVC): CISA assesses exploitation as active. Automatable: yes. Technical impact: total.
- On CISA KEV since
- 2025-05-19
- US federal deadline
- 2025-06-09
- Ransomware use
- Not known
Public exploit evidence (Exploit Observer)
Also known as: BDU:2025-05713, CNNVD-202505-1802, CNVD-2025-09948, EDB-52421, EUVD-2025-14387, EUVD-2025-16774, GHSA-7v6m-28jr-rg84, GHSA-g4m9-9h4j-22xx, SNYK-DEBIAN13-LIBHIBERNATEVALIDATOR4JAVA-10302367
VEDAS cluster: VEDAS:BEGONIA
Exploit Observer links 9 pieces of public exploit code or detection modules that name this CVE or one of its aliases.
Exploit code and modules (9)
Code that names this CVE. A repository can be a working exploit, a scanner, a fake or malware; read it before running anything.
- Exploit-DB: https://www.exploit-db.com/raw/52421
- Code repository: https://github.com/doomygloom/cve-2025-4428
- Code repository: https://github.com/watchtowrlabs/watchtowr-vs-ivanti-epmm-cve-2025-4427-cve-2025-4428
- Code repository: https://github.com/xie-22/cve-2025-4428
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2025/CVE-2025-4428.yaml
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/nuclei/2025/CVE-2025-4428.yaml
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2025/CVE-2025-4428.rules
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2025/CVE-2025-4428.rules
- Code repository: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ARPSyndicate/vedas-signatures/main/suricata/2025/CVE-2025-4428.rules
Research and write-ups (3)
- Research or write-up: https://blog.eclecticiq.com/china-nexus-threat-actor-actively-exploiting-ivanti-endpoint-manager-mobile-cve-2025-4428-vulnerability
- Research or write-up: https://labs.watchtowr.com/expression-payloads-meet-mayhem-cve-2025-4427-and-cve-2025-4428
- Research or write-up: https://labs.watchtowr.com/expression-payloads-meet-mayhem-cve-2025-4427-and-cve-2025-4428/?123
Vulnerability databases and vendor advisories (11)
Catalogue entries, not exploit evidence.
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2025-14387
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/enisa/EUVD-2025-16774
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7v6m-28jr-rg84
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g4m9-9h4j-22xx
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4428
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-7v6m-28jr-rg84
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-DEBIAN13-LIBHIBERNATEVALIDATOR4JAVA-10302367
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-4428
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnnvd.org.cn/home/globalSearch?keyword=CNNVD-202505-1802
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2025-09948
- Vulnerability database or vendor advisory: https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2025-4428
News (1)
107 more references returned by Exploit Observer did not name this CVE or an alias, so they are left out.
VEDAS data as of 2026-11-01T17:12 UTC; fetched 2026-11-02.
Live scores
- EPSS
- 0.880
very likely to be attacked soon - VEDAS
- 0.980
strong exploit evidence - On CISA KEV
- Yes, since 2025-05-19
Thin horizontal line: the “likely” (EPSS 0.10) or “strong” (VEDAS 0.90) threshold. Shaded “no data” areas are periods when cve-scores did not publish. The vertical line is the day CISA added it to its exploited list.
Who is affected
| Product | Affected | Not affected |
|---|---|---|
| Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile | Not stated | 12.5.0.1 is not affected |
Version ranges exactly as the CVE record states them. “Before X” means X is the first fixed version.
Exploit Observer also maps it to: ivanti endpoint_manager_mobile, ivanti ivanti_endpoint_manager_mobile.
How to fix it
CISA required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
Vendor guidance:
- https://forums.ivanti.com/s/article/Security-Advisory-Ivanti-Endpoint-Manager-Mobile-EPMM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4428
How to detect it
Nuclei template (active check)
Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile - Code Injection
Remote Code Execution in API component in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile 12.5.0.0 and prior on unspecified platforms allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted API requests.
Name and description quoted from the template, written by VEDAS.
The template sends 1 request (GET /mics/login.jsp); it decides using dsl, regex, status, word matchers. Severity in the template: critical. Marked as not yet verified against a live vulnerable target.
Run it against a host you own or are authorised to test:
nuclei -u https://your-host -t CVE-2025-4428.yamlShow the template (42 lines)
id: CVE-2025-4428
info:
name: "Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile - Code Injection"
author: vedas-arpsyndicate
severity: critical
description: |
Remote Code Execution in API component in Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile 12.5.0.0 and prior on unspecified
platforms allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted API requests.
reference:
- https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-4428&match=exact
- https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=ivanti&match=exact
classification:
cve-id: CVE-2025-4428
metadata:
verified: false
tags: cve,cve2025,kev,ivanti,code-injection,rce
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/mics/login.jsp"
extractors:
- type: regex
name: version
group: 1
regex:
- '<div[^>]*class="[^"]*product-version[^"]*"[^>]*>\s*([0-9.]+)\s*</div>'
matchers-condition: and
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- "Ivanti System Manager"
- type: status
status:
- 200
- type: dsl
dsl:
- compare_versions(version, "< 12.5")
Suricata rules (network detection)
1 rule that alert on traffic matching this exploit: VEDAS CVE-2025-4428 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile - Code Injection. Add them to your Suricata rule set and reload.
Show the rules
alert http $EXTERNAL_NET any -> $HTTP_SERVERS $HTTP_PORTS (msg:"VEDAS CVE-2025-4428 Ivanti Endpoint Manager Mobile - Code Injection"; flow:established,to_server; http.uri; content:"/mics/login.jsp"; nocase; fast_pattern; classtype:web-application-attack; reference:cve,CVE-2025-4428; reference:url,https://www.exploit.observer/?keyword=CVE-2025-4428&match=exact; reference:url,https://subdomain.center/?engine=ammonites&keyword=ivanti&match=exact; sid:1011784; rev:1;)
Advisories on this CVE
- Ivanti EPMM chain (CVE-2025-4427 / -4428) (19 May 2025)
References
Government sources
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-4428 (government-resource)
Other references
Other databases
Where this comes from
This advisory is generated automatically by VEDAS from: CVE.org record, CISA KEV, cve-scores (EPSS and VEDAS), Exploit Observer, vedas-signatures. Text in quotes is reproduced from the source; everything else is a fixed template filled with source fields. Nothing here is written by a language model. Check the vendor advisory before acting, and read how VEDAS and Exploit Observer work, and their limits.