CVE-2025-27692
Published: 02 April 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-27692 is a medium-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Dell Wyse Management Suite. Its CVSS base score is 4.7 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 28.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
Dell Wyse Management Suite versions prior to WMS 5.1 contain an unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-27692 and CWE-434. The flaw permits an attacker to upload files of arbitrary and potentially executable types to the affected management platform.
A high-privileged attacker with remote network access can leverage the weakness to cause denial of service, disclose information, or achieve remote code execution. The issue is rated 4.7 under CVSS 3.1 with the vector AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.
Dell advisory DSA-2025-135 addresses the vulnerability and directs customers to upgrade to WMS 5.1 or later. The associated EPSS score rose from a low baseline to a peak of 0.0166 on 2026-02-03 before receding, indicating post-disclosure exploitation interest.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-9516
Vulnerability details
Dell Wyse Management Suite, versions prior to WMS 5.1, contains an Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability. A high privileged attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Denial of service, Information disclosure, and Remote…
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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.
Requiring identifiable owners for portable devices reduces the attack surface for unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types via anonymous media.
Dangerous file uploads can be detonated in the chamber to determine malice before any production write or execution occurs.
Prevents unrestricted writing of arbitrary or malicious firmware by keeping hardware write-protect enabled except under tightly controlled manual procedures.
Scans files from external sources on download/open/execute, blocking unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types.