CVE-2025-13661
Published: 09 December 2025
Summary
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, ranked in the top 20.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
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.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-202288
Vulnerability details
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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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.
Validates pathnames and filenames to prevent traversal outside intended directories.