CVE-2025-11490
Published: 08 October 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-11490 is a low-severity Command Injection (CWE-77) vulnerability in Wonderwhy-Er Desktopcommandermcp. Its CVSS base score is 2.1 (Low).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Command and Scripting Interpreter (T1059); ranked in the top 48.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
This vulnerability is AI-related — categorised as AI Agent Protocols and Integrations; in the Protocol-Specific Risks risk domain.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-6 (Least Privilege).
Deeper analysis
A vulnerability has been identified in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP versions up to 0.2.13, residing in the extractBaseCommand function of src/command-manager.ts within the Absolute Path Handler component. The flaw permits OS command injection and is tracked under CWE-77 and CWE-78, carrying a CVSS 4.0 score of 2.1.
Remote attackers with low privileges can exploit the issue without user interaction to inject and execute arbitrary operating system commands, resulting in limited effects on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Publicly disclosed proof-of-concept material exists and the attack can be launched over the network.
Advisories hosted in the referenced GitHub issues and Vuldb entries record the vendor response that typical AI-driven usage involves simple command names without absolute paths, that no real-world workflow abuse has been reported, and that the issue remains open for future reports.
The EPSS probability rose from a low starting value to a peak of 0.0152 on 2025-12-11 before receding to the current 0.0028, indicating post-disclosure interest in exploitation. The affected software is designed to let AI models autonomously select and run desktop commands.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-33288
Vulnerability details
A vulnerability has been found in wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP up to 0.2.13. The affected element is the function extractBaseCommand of the file src/command-manager.ts of the component Absolute Path Handler. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. The attack may be performed…
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from remote. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor explains: "The usual use case is that AI is asked to do something, picks commands itself, and typically uses simple command names without absolute paths. It's curious why a user would ask the model to bypass restrictions this way. (...) This could potentially be a problem, but we are yet to hear reports of this being an issue in actual workflows. We'll leave this issue open for situations where people may report this as a problem for the long term."
- CWE(s)
AI Security AnalysisAI
- AI Category
- AI Agent Protocols and Integrations
- Risk Domain
- Protocol-Specific Risks
- OWASP Top 10 for LLMs 2025
- None mapped
- Classification Reason
- Matched keywords: ai
Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
OS command injection via absolute path bypass in command handler enables remote arbitrary OS command execution (T1210), abuse of command interpreters (T1059), and indirect command execution through the flawed parser (T1202).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly requires validation of command strings passed to extractBaseCommand so that absolute-path or shell-metacharacter inputs cannot be used for OS command injection.
Enforces least functionality by disabling or restricting the absolute-path command execution capability that the vulnerable handler exposes.
Limits the operating-system privileges granted to the DesktopCommanderMCP process, reducing the impact of any command that bypasses the flawed path check.