CVE-2025-53899 (GCVE-0-2025-53899)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-29 02:25 – Updated: 2025-12-01 15:41
VLAI
Title
Kiteworks MFT is vulnerable to an Incorrectly Specified Destination in a Communication Channel
Summary
Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, the back-end of Kiteworks MFT is vulnerable to an incorrectly specified destination in a communication channel which allows an attacker with administrative privileges on the system under certain circumstances to intercept upstream communication which could lead to an escalation of privileges. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.0.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-12-01 15:41 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-941 - Incorrectly Specified Destination in a Communication Channel
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7838 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
kiteworks security-advisories Affected: < 9.1.0
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