Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HSummary
CVE-2025-52452 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Tableau Tableau Server. Its CVSS base score is 8.5 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 35th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified map to AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation) — 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-2025-52452 is an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory vulnerability, classified as Absolute Path Traversal (CWE-22), in Salesforce Tableau Server on Windows and Linux. The flaw affects the tabdoc API's duplicate-data-source modules and impacts Tableau Server versions before 2025.1.3, before 2024.2.12, and before 2023.3.19. Published on 2025-07-25, it carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.5 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H).
A low-privileged authenticated user (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability over the network (AV:N) without requiring user interaction (UI:N), though it demands high attack complexity (AC:H). Exploitation enables severe impacts, including high confidentiality, integrity, and availability disruptions (C:H/I:H/A:H), with a change in scope (S:C) that allows attackers to access or manipulate files outside intended directories via absolute path traversal.
Salesforce advisories detail mitigation through upgrading to patched versions: Tableau Server 2025.1.3, 2024.2.12, 2023.3.19, or later. Additional guidance is available at https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=005105043&type=1.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-22745
Vulnerability Data
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Salesforce Tableau Server on Windows, Linux (tabdoc api - duplicate-data-source modules) allows Absolute Path Traversal. This issue affects Tableau Server: before 2025.1.3, before 2024.2.12, before 2023.3.19.
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V5.3.2
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Enforces the intended directory access authorizations that path traversal would otherwise bypass.
Input validation directly neutralizes special path elements before pathname construction occurs.
Least privilege reduces the impact of any unauthorized file access obtained via traversal.
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.
Patching/maintenance can remediate known path-traversal flaws in deployed software (partial prevention of exploitability) but does nothing to stop the coding defect from being introduced in the first place.
PR.AA-05 defines and reviews access policies but does not address code-level pathname neutralization, so neither direction prevents CWE-22.
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.
Security testing in development catches path traversal via static/dynamic analysis.
Secure SDLC mandates input validation and path sanitization that directly prevent path traversal.
Application security requirements include rules for safe file handling and canonicalization.
Secure architecture principles require least-privilege file access and directory isolation.
Secure coding standards explicitly forbid unsafe path construction and mandate safe APIs.
Information access restriction limits which files an application may read or write.