CVE-2025-35057VulnerabilityPublished 9 Oct 2025

CVE-2025-35057: Newforma Project Center · Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay

Affects Newforma Project CenterSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 6.0 Medium.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 06:26 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score

6.0Medium

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 25% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Attack Requirements: Present
Privileges Required: Low
User Interaction: None
Vulnerable system confidentiality: High
Vulnerable system integrity: None
Vulnerable system availability: None
Subsequent system confidentiality: None
Subsequent system integrity: None
Subsequent system availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable system is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed below, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed “remotely exploitable” and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: The attacker must take no measurable action to exploit the vulnerability. The attack requires no target-specific circumvention to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable system.
Attack Requirements: Present: The successful attack depends on the presence of specific deployment and execution conditions of the vulnerable system that enable the attack. These include: a race condition must be won to successfully exploit the vulnerability (the successfulness of the attack is conditioned on execution conditions that are not under full control of the attacker, or the attack may need to be launched multiple times against a single target before being successful); the attacker must inject themselves into the logical network path between the target and the resource requested by the victim (e.g. vulnerabilities requiring an on-path attacker).
Privileges Required: Low: The attacker requires privileges that provide basic capabilities that are typically limited to settings and resources owned by a single low-privileged user. Alternatively, an attacker with Low privileges has the ability to access only non-sensitive resources.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without interaction from any human user, other than the attacker.
Vulnerable system confidentiality: High: There is a total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all information within the Vulnerable System being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact. For example, an attacker steals the administrator's password, or private encryption keys of a web server.
Vulnerable system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Vulnerable System.
Vulnerable system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system confidentiality: None: There is no loss of confidentiality within the Subsequent System or all confidentiality impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system integrity: None: There is no loss of integrity within the Subsequent System or all integrity impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.
Subsequent system availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the Subsequent System or all availability impact is constrained to the Vulnerable System.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v4.0 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 9 Oct 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-26.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Newforma Project Center	Affected =0	Fixed in–

AI-suggested

Organizations should implement strict network segmentation to isolate Newforma Project Center servers from untrusted networks and limit SMB traffic to only necessary internal systems. Deploy network monitoring and intrusion detection systems to detect anomalous SMB connection attempts, especially outbound connections to unknown IP addresses. Enforce strong access controls and ensure the NIX service account uses a complex, regularly rotated password to reduce the risk of successful hash cracking. Disable or restrict SMB protocol usage where not essential, particularly SMBv1, and consider SMB signing to prevent relay attacks. Apply the principle of least privilege to service accounts and audit their usage regularly. Since no patches are currently available, consider deploying web application firewalls (WAFs) to block suspicious requests targeting the vulnerable endpoint. Educate IT and security teams about this vulnerability to recognize potential exploitation attempts. Finally, maintain up-to-date backups and incident response plans tailored to credential theft scenarios.

Description

CVE-2025-35057 is an authentication bypass vulnerability in Newforma Project Center's Info Exchange component. It allows a remote, unauthenticated attacker to trigger the application to initiate an SMB connection to an attacker-controlled server, capturing the NTLMv2 hash of the service account. This vulnerability stems from improper authentication controls (CWE-294) in the '/RemoteWeb/IntegrationServices.ashx' endpoint. Exploitation requires no user interaction and can lead to credential theft, potentially enabling lateral movement within networks. The CVSS 4.0 score is 6.0 (medium severity), reflecting the moderate impact and ease of exploitation with some privileges. European organizations using Newforma Project Center, especially in architecture, engineering, and construction sectors, should be vigilant. Mitigations include network segmentation, SMB traffic monitoring, and restricting outbound SMB connections.

Impact

For European organizations, especially those in architecture, engineering, construction, and project management sectors that use Newforma Project Center, this vulnerability poses a significant risk of credential theft and unauthorized access. The capture of NTLMv2 hashes can enable attackers to perform offline password cracking or relay attacks, potentially leading to lateral movement within corporate networks. This could result in exposure of sensitive project data, intellectual property theft, disruption of project workflows, and damage to business reputation. Given the collaborative nature of these industries and the reliance on integrated project management tools, exploitation could have cascading effects on multiple stakeholders. Additionally, organizations with weak network segmentation or insufficient monitoring of SMB traffic are at higher risk. The medium CVSS score reflects moderate impact, but the ease of exploitation and lack of required user interaction increase the threat's seriousness. European entities involved in critical infrastructure projects may face heightened risks due to the strategic value of their data.

Summary

CVE-2025-35057 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability identified in Newforma Project Center's Info Exchange (NIX) component, specifically in the '/RemoteWeb/IntegrationServices.ashx' endpoint. The vulnerability arises due to improper authentication validation (CWE-294), allowing a remote attacker to cause the NIX service to initiate an SMB connection to an attacker-controlled system without requiring authentication or user interaction. When this SMB connection is made, the attacker can capture the NTLMv2 hash of the NIX service account, which can then be subjected to offline cracking attempts or relay attacks to escalate privileges or move laterally within the victim's network. The vulnerability does not require prior authentication but does require the attacker to induce the SMB connection, which can be done remotely. The CVSS 4.0 vector indicates network attack vector (AV:N), low attack complexity (AC:L), partial attack type (AT:P), low privileges required (PR:L), no user interaction (UI:N), and high impact on confidentiality (VC:H) but no impact on integrity or availability. No patches or known exploits are currently available, but the vulnerability's nature suggests it could be leveraged in targeted attacks against organizations using Newforma Project Center, particularly those in sectors relying on project collaboration tools. The vulnerability's exploitation could lead to credential compromise and subsequent unauthorized access to sensitive project data or internal systems.

CWE-294Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessLikelihood of exploit: HighOWASP Top 10 A07:2025: Authentication Failures (opens in a new tab)
A capture-replay flaw exists when the design of the product makes it possible for a malicious user to sniff network traffic and bypass authentication by replaying it to the server in question to the same effect as the original message (or with minor changes).
Architecture and Design
Utilize some sequence or time stamping functionality along with a checksum which takes this into account in order to ensure that messages can be parsed only once.
Architecture and Design
Since any attacker who can listen to traffic can see sequence numbers, it is necessary to sign messages with some kind of cryptography to ensure that sequence numbers are not simply doctored along with content.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
OWASP Authentication (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V2.8.5 (opens in a new tab)
V2.8.4 (opens in a new tab)
V9.2.3 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Session Sidejacking (opens in a new tab)
Kerberoasting (opens in a new tab)
Remote Services with Stolen Credentials (opens in a new tab)
Windows Admin Shares with Stolen Credentials (opens in a new tab)
Reusing Session IDs (aka Session Replay) (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

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AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 17 Oct 2025, 05:18 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-294

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