Cyber Resilience

CVE-2023-25345

HighPublic PoC

Published: 15 March 2023

Published
15 March 2023
Modified
27 February 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0043 63.2th percentile
Risk Priority 15 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2023-25345 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Swig-Templates Project Swig-Templates. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 36.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Directory traversal vulnerability in swig-templates thru 2.0.4 and swig thru 1.4.2, allows attackers to read arbitrary files via the include or extends tags.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

swig-templates project
swig-templates
≤ 2.0.4
swig project
swig
≤ 1.4.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

SI-10 Information Input Validation
addresses: CWE-22

Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.

References