CVE-2025-49220 describes a critical pre-authentication remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability in Trend Micro Apex Central versions below 8.0.7007, stemming from an insecure deserialization operation. This flaw, similar to CVE-2025-49219, carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, highlighting its perceived risk.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_central:2019:-:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_central:2019:build_3752:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_central:2019:build_5158:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_central:2019:build_6016:*:*:-:*:*:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:trendmicro:apex_central:2019:build_6288:*:*:-:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.