CVE-2025-7388 Authenticated Command Injection via configuration parameter manipulation in exposed RMI interface

High 8.4 Published Updated

Authenticated attackers can execute arbitrary OS commands via the OpenEdge AdminServer RMI interface due to inadequate input validation.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-7388?

CVE-2025-7388 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Progress Software Corporation OpenEdge, published on 4 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

It was possible to perform Remote Command Execution (RCE) via Java RMI interface in the OpenEdge AdminServer, allowing authenticated users to inject and execute OS commands under the delegated authority of the AdminServer process.  An RMI interface permitted manipulation of a configuration property with inadequate input validation leading to OS command injection.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-7388?

How do I fix CVE-2025-7388?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-7388 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2025-7388 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-7388 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-wgfx-894g-ff23.

Is CVE-2025-7388 in your software?

Upload an SBOM and sbomify checks it against every vulnerability here, every day.

Check your SBOMs for free