Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2024-25693 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Esri Portal For Arcgis. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 33% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — see the control section below for these in your framework.
Deeper analysis AI-assisted summary
Synthesised by an AI model from the NVD description and linked references — a reading aid, not an authoritative source.
CVE-2024-25693 is a path traversal vulnerability, tracked under CWE-22, that affects Esri Portal for ArcGIS in versions 11.2 and earlier. The flaw resides in the portal component and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 9.9, reflecting network-accessible attack vectors with low complexity and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability when the scope is changed.
A remote attacker who already possesses a valid authenticated account can exploit the issue to traverse directories on the underlying file system. Successful traversal enables the attacker to read arbitrary files or execute code outside the application’s intended directories, potentially leading to full compromise of the portal instance and any connected ArcGIS Enterprise resources.
The vendor advisory published by Esri for Portal for ArcGIS Security 2024 Update 1 addresses the flaw and directs administrators to apply the corresponding security patch or upgrade to a fixed release.
EPSS for the CVE rose from low values after disclosure to a peak of 0.1525 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current 0.0989, indicating that exploitation interest increased measurably in the months following public release.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-23009
Vulnerability Data
There is a path traversal in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions <= 11.2. Successful exploitation may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to traverse the file system to access files or execute code outside of the intended directory.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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V5.3.2
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.
Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.
Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.
Mitigating Controls (NIST CSF 2.0) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→CSF cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.
PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.
Mitigating Controls (ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Annex A) AI
Derived directly from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry via our AI-authored CWE→ISO cross-walk (authority under review) — links open the control.
Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.
Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.
Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.
Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.