Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-13661 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Ivanti Endpoint Manager. Its CVSS base score is 7.1 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 31% 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-2025-13661 is a path traversal vulnerability, tracked as CWE-22, that affects Ivanti Endpoint Manager versions prior to 2024 SU4 SR1. The flaw permits a remote authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files outside the intended directory, with the CVSS 3.1 score of 7.1 reflecting network attack vector, high attack complexity, low privileges required, and required user interaction.
An authenticated attacker who can reach the affected system may leverage the issue to perform unauthorized file writes, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Exploitation requires user interaction and faces high complexity, limiting the attack to scenarios where an authenticated session and additional user actions can be obtained.
The vendor has published a security advisory that addresses the issue in Ivanti Endpoint Manager 2024 SU4 SR1 and later. The EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0237, indicating emerging exploitation interest after disclosure.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-202288
Vulnerability Data
Path traversal in Ivanti Endpoint Manager prior to version 2024 SU4 SR1 allows a remote authenticated attacker to write arbitrary files outside of the intended directory. User interaction is required.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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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.