Trimble Cityworks versions prior to 15.8.9 and Cityworks with office companion versions prior to 23.10 are vulnerable to a deserialization vulnerability. This could allow an authenticated user to perform a remote code execution attack against a customer’s Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web server.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/22/chinese_crew_us_city_utilities/
https://therecord.media/chinese-speaking-hackers-target-municipalities-cityworks
https://blog.talosintelligence.com/uat-6382-exploits-cityworks-vulnerability/
https://www.securityweek.com/trimble-cityworks-customers-warned-of-zero-day-exploitation/
https://therecord.media/hackers-exploiting-trimble-cityworks-bug-used-by-local-govs
https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/cisa-warns-of-active-exploitation-in.html
Published: 2025-02-06
Updated: 2025-02-12
Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)
Base Score: 9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 8.6
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.72684