CVE-2025-49153
Published: 25 June 2025
Summary
CVE-2025-49153 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Cisa (inferred from references). Its CVSS base score is 9.3 (Critical).
Operationally, ranked in the top 12.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-49153 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) affecting unspecified products that permits unauthenticated attackers to overwrite files and execute arbitrary code. The flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 score of 9.3, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and no required privileges or user interaction, resulting in high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit the issue to overwrite arbitrary files on the target system and achieve code execution, giving full control over the affected component without prior authentication.
The referenced CISA advisory ICSA-25-175-07 addresses the vulnerability and outlines mitigation steps for affected industrial control systems deployments. The associated EPSS score remains flat at 0.0341 with no material increase since disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-19120
Vulnerability details
The affected products could allow an unauthenticated attacker to overwrite files and execute arbitrary code.
- CWE(s)
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.