# CVE-2025-8741: macrozheng mall login cleartext transmission

> Attackers can intercept sensitive login credentials transmitted in cleartext over the network in the macrozheng mall application.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-62rw-g63g-4696

## What is CVE-2025-8741?

CVE-2025-8741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in macrozheng mall, published on 8 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in macrozheng mall up to 1.0.3. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file /admin/login. The manipulation leads to cleartext transmission of sensitive information. The attack can be launched remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information), CWE-310

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8741?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Macrozheng Mall.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8741?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8741 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8741 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8741 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in macrozheng mall

- [CVE-2026-25858](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25858/): macrozheng mall <= 1.0.3 Unauthenticated Password Reset via OTP Disclosure (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-8755](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8755/): macrozheng mall com.macro.mall.portal.controller UmsMemberController.java detail authorization (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-9514](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-9514/): macrozheng mall Registration weak password (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-8742](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8742/): macrozheng mall Admin Login excessive authentication (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-15118](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15118/): macrozheng mall Member Endpoint update improper authorization (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8741 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8741 is a medium-severity vulnerability in macrozheng mall, published on 8 Aug 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8741 exists.

Affected product: macrozheng mall. 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-2025-8741/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8741/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8741
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8741
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8741

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8741/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.