# CVE-2025-11235: MOVEit Transfer REST API does not require current password in order to initiate the password change process

> Attackers can change user passwords via the REST API without providing the current password, leading to account takeover.

- **Severity:** Low 3.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 7 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-738g-29rj-2mjw

## What is CVE-2025-11235?

CVE-2025-11235 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer, published on 6 Jan 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unverified Password Change vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer on Windows (REST API modules).This issue affects MOVEit Transfer: from 2023.1.0 before 2023.1.3, from 2023.0.0 before 2023.0.8, from 2022.1.0 before 2022.1.11, from 2022.0.0 before 2022.0.10.

Weakness: CWE-620 (Unverified Password Change)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-11235?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Progress Moveit Transfer.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-11235?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11235 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11235 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-11235 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Progress MOVEit Transfer

- [CVE-2023-35708](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35708/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-38159](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38159/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-5806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5806/): MOVEit Transfer Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-36934](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36934/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2023-35036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35036/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11235 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11235 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Progress MOVEit Transfer, published on 6 Jan 2026. 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-2025-11235 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Progress MOVEit Transfer. 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-2025-11235/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11235/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11235
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11235
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11235

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11235/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.