SB2025082212 - Multiple vulnerabilities in IntelliJ IDEA
Published: August 22, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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- Medium
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 4 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) Cleartext transmission of sensitive information (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-57727)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to software uses insecure communication channel to transmit credentials via a remote reference. A remote attacker can obtain victim's credentials under certain circumstances.
2) Incorrect authorization (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-57728)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to discover hidden files.
The vulnerability exists due to incorrect authorization. A remote user with "Code With Me guest" permissions can discover hidden files.
3) Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-57729)
The vulnerability allows a remote user to bypass security restrictions.
The vulnerability exists due to unexpected plugin startup caused by automatic LSP server start. A remote user can gain access to sensitive information.
4) Cross-site scripting (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-57730)
The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data within the Remote Development feature. A remote attacker can trick the victim to follow a specially crafted link and execute arbitrary HTML code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to steal potentially sensitive information, change appearance of the web page, perform phishing and drive-by-download attacks.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/#aab3b39eb7d2586a399c4060585e7bf3
- https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/#75ac67125a6e47e892b832b2801d5518
- https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/#55405bc9736be6a062ba0b829f4c03fd
- https://www.jetbrains.com/privacy-security/issues-fixed/#35652180c60e9d87a1ee98bd8b915b34