# CVE-2022-25251: PTC Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server Missing Authentication For Critical Function

> Remote unauthenticated attackers can read and modify configuration by sending XML messages to a specific port without authentication.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 16 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v435-3jg8-vq2r

## What is CVE-2022-25251?

CVE-2022-25251 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in PTC Axeda Desktop Server for Windows, published on 16 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

When connecting to a certain port Axeda agent (All versions) and Axeda Desktop Server for Windows (All versions) may allow an attacker to send certain XML messages to a specific port without proper authentication. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote unauthenticated attacker to read and modify the affected product’s configuration.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25251?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Ptc Axeda Agent, Ptc Axeda Desktop Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-25251?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25251 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-25251 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in PTC Axeda Desktop Server for Windows

- [CVE-2022-25246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25246/): PTC Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server Use of Hard-Coded Credentials (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-25247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25247/): PTC Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server Missing Authentication For Critical Function (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-25249](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25249/): PTC Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server Path Traversal (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-25250](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25250/): PTC Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server Missing Authentication For Critical Function (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2022-25252](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25252/): PTC Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server Improper Check or Handling Of Exceptional Conditions (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-25251 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-25251 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability in PTC Axeda Desktop Server for Windows, published on 16 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25251 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: PTC Axeda Desktop Server for Windows. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25251/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25251/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25251
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25251
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25251

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25251/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.