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Unauthenticated LFI in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox via Hardcoded AES Cryptographic Values

IdentifiersCVE-2025-14611CWE-321

CVE-2025-14611 affects Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox versions prior to 16.12.10420.56791. The vulnerability is caused by hardcoded values in the products’ AES cryptosystem implementation, described in the supporting content as fixed cryptographic keys and initialization vectors embedded across vulnerable installations. Because these values are not unique per deployment, attackers can recover or rely on the known cryptographic material to decrypt or forge protected access tickets. In exposed deployments, a specially crafted unauthenticated request to affected endpoints can bypass intended protections and trigger arbitrary local file inclusion (LFI), including retrieval of sensitive files such as web.config. The weakness degrades the security of publicly exposed endpoints and can be chained with other Gladinet vulnerabilities for broader compromise.

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ANALYST BRIEF

Impact, mitigation & remediation

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Impact

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Successful exploitation allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary local files accessible to the application, including sensitive configuration files. Exposure of files such as web.config can disclose machine keys, cryptographic material, credentials, API keys, and other secrets. The supporting content indicates attackers have used this flaw in the wild and chained it with other Gladinet vulnerabilities to achieve authentication bypass, ViewState abuse, remote code execution, persistent unauthorized access, data theft, and ultimately full system compromise. Publicly exposed CentreStack and Triofox instances are at particular risk.

Mitigation

If you can’t patch tonight, do this now.

Until patching is completed, restrict or remove public internet exposure of CentreStack and Triofox portals and vulnerable endpoints, and limit access to trusted users and IP ranges. Use network segmentation and least-privilege configuration for the IIS application pool identity to reduce blast radius. Monitor for suspicious unauthenticated requests to affected endpoints such as /storage/filesvr.dn and attempts to access configuration files, including requests containing the indicator string vghpI7EToZUDIZDdprSubL3mTZ2 associated with web.config access. Blocking known malicious source IPs may help tactically, but patching and key rotation are the primary mitigations.

Remediation

Patch, then assume compromise.

Upgrade Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox to version 16.12.10420.56791 or later. Because exploitation may expose sensitive configuration data and cryptographic material, organizations should also rotate the machine key in web.config after patching, which invalidates malicious ViewState payloads generated using previously exposed keys. If compromise is suspected, rotate any credentials, API keys, or other secrets stored in or derivable from exposed configuration files, review IIS and application logs for exploitation activity, and investigate affected hosts for persistence or follow-on activity.
PUBLIC EXPLOITS

Exploits

1 valid exploit after Mallory filtered fakes, detection scripts, and README-only repos.

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CVE-2025-14611-CentreStack-and-Triofox-full-Poc-ExploitMaturityPoCVerified exploit

This repository provides a full proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2025-14611, a critical vulnerability in Gladinet CentreStack and Triofox (all versions prior to 16.12.10420.56791) on Windows. The vulnerability is due to hardcoded AES-256 keys in the application binary, allowing attackers to forge access tickets and read arbitrary files from the server via the /storage/filesvr.dn HTTP endpoint. The exploit consists of a single Python script (exploit.py) that can both generate (encrypt) and analyze (decrypt) access tickets. The script constructs a malicious ticket by encrypting the target file path (default: web.config), empty username and password (to trigger authentication bypass), and a far-future timestamp (to bypass expiration checks). The resulting ticket is embedded in a URL, which can be used with curl or a browser to retrieve the file from a vulnerable server. The README.md provides extensive technical details, including reverse engineering findings, cryptographic key extraction, and real-world attack scenarios. The exploit enables attackers to obtain sensitive files (such as web.config with machine keys), which can be further leveraged for remote code execution via ViewState deserialization attacks. The repository is operational and provides all necessary components for successful exploitation.

pl4tyzDisclosed Dec 29, 2025pythonnetwork
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GladinetCentrestackapplication
GladinetTriofoxapplication

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ACTIVITY FEED

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