Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-41723

Published
22 October 2025
Modified
15 April 2026
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8
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Raw vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.013 67th percentile
Risk Priority 74 floored blend · peak EPSS

Summary

CVE-2025-41723 is a critical-severity Path Traversal: '.../...//' (CWE-35) vulnerability in Certvde (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Data from Local System (T1005); 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 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and AC-3 (Access Enforcement) — 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-2025-41723 is a directory traversal vulnerability in the importFile SOAP method, enabling an unauthenticated remote attacker to bypass path restrictions and upload files to arbitrary locations on the affected system. Published on 2025-10-22 with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), it is associated with CWE-35 (Path Traversal).

An unauthenticated attacker with network access can exploit this vulnerability with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation allows arbitrary file uploads, potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, such as overwriting critical files or deploying malicious payloads.

For mitigation details, refer to the vendor advisory at https://sauter.csaf-tp.certvde.com/.well-known/csaf/white/2025/vde-2025-060.json.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability Data

The importFile SOAP method is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack. An unauthenticated remote attacker bypass the path restriction and upload files to arbitrary locations.

CWE(s)
CWE-35

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques

T1005 Data from Local System Collection
Adversaries may search local system sources, such as file systems, configuration files, local databases, virtual machine files, or process memory, to find files of interest and sensitive data prior to Exfiltration.
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T1083 File and Directory Discovery Discovery
Adversaries may enumerate files and directories or may search in specific locations of a host or network share for certain information within a file system.
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T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application Initial Access
Adversaries may attempt to exploit a weakness in an Internet-facing host or system to initially access a network.
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Derived from this CVE’s CWE(s) via the direct CWE→ATT&CK cross-walk.

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Affected Assets

Certvde
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inferred from references and description; NVD did not file a CPE for this CVE

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match

Input validation directly neutralizes path sequences so the traversal cannot be introduced or exploited.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match

Enforces access authorizations on the resulting pathname, blocking traversal attempts from succeeding.

AC-4 Information Flow Enforcement partial match

Enforces information flow rules that stop unauthorized directory escapes via crafted paths.

AC-6 Least Privilege partial match

Least privilege reduces the impact of any successful traversal by limiting accessible resources.

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.

PR.PS-06 mostly match
prevents

Secure SDLC practices directly require input validation and path sanitization that neutralize traversal sequences.

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.

A.8.29 Security testing in development and acceptance mostly match
finds

Security testing in development can detect path-traversal flaws before release.

A.8.25 Secure development life cycle partial match
prevents

Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path-handling controls that directly mitigate path traversal.

A.8.26 Application security requirements partial match
prevents

Application security requirements include rules for safe file-path construction and canonicalization.

A.8.27 Secure system architecture and engineering principles partial match
prevents

Secure architecture principles require proper directory restrictions and input sanitization to prevent traversal.

A.8.28 Secure coding partial match
prevents

Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path concatenation and mandate canonicalization routines.

A.8.3 Information access restriction partial match
mitigates

Information access restriction limits file reachability but does not address the input-validation flaw itself.

References