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GHSA-CMV4-9RJR-99H2

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-26 00:31 – Updated: 2025-08-26 00:31

Details

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

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-25 16:11 – Updated: 2025-08-25 19:01

Summary

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')

Assigner

rapid7

References

URL

Tags

https://www.rapid7.com/blog/post/securden-unified…

third-party-advisory

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	Securden	Unified PAM	Affected: 9.0.* , ≤ 11.3.1 (semver)

Credits

Aaron Herndon, Principal Security Consultant, and Marcus Chang, Security Consultant, both of Rapid7.

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-CMV4-9RJR-99H2

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

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