An issue was discovered in SmartBear ReadyAPI SoapUI Pro 3.2.5.
Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-502Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-502.
Summary
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.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.13286 96th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12835
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xw54-8wpc-6rq2
References
Exploit 3
- 20200519 [SYSS-2019-039] Smartbear ReadyAPI/SoapUI Pro/jProductivity Licensing Unsafe Deserialization
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157772/Protection-Licensing-Toolkit-ReadyAPI-3.2.5-Code-Execution-Deserialization.html
- https://www.syss.de/fileadmin/dokumente/Publikationen/Advisories/SYSS-2019-039.txt
Advisory 1
More SMARTBEAR Readyapi vulnerabilities
- TI-2018-14603 The WSDL import functionality in SmartBear ReadyAPI 2.5.0 and 2.6.0 allows remote… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2019-09096 An issue was discovered in SmartBear ReadyAPI through 2.8.2 and 3.0.0 and SoapUI through… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2020-12835 · CVE Program
- CVE-2020-12835 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xw54-8wpc-6rq2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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