CVE-2025-53120 (GCVE-0-2025-53120)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-25 16:11 – Updated: 2025-08-25 19:01
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Summary
A path traversal vulnerability in unauthenticated upload functionality allows a malicious actor to upload binaries and scripts to the server’s configuration and web root directories, achieving remote code execution on the Unified PAM server.
Severity ?
9.4 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Securden Unified PAM Affected: 9.0.* , ≤ 11.3.1 (semver)
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Credits
Aaron Herndon, Principal Security Consultant, and Marcus Chang, Security Consultant, both of Rapid7.
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