# CVE-2020-12835: An issue was discovered in SmartBear ReadyAPI SoapUI Pro 3.2.5.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-05-20 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

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.

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## References

- https://www.syss.de/pentest-blog/
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/May/38
- 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

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