Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-52448

High

Published: 25 July 2025

Published
25 July 2025
Modified
31 October 2025
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0019 40.6th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-52448 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Tableau Tableau Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked at the 40.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key vulnerability in Salesforce Tableau Server on Windows, Linux (validate-initial-sql api modules) allows Interface Manipulation (data access to the production database cluster). This issue affects Tableau Server: before 2025.1.3, before 2024.2.12, before 2023.3.19.

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

tableau
tableau server
≤ 2023.3.19 · 2024.2 — 2024.2.12 · 2025.1 — 2025.1.3

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.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References