Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-52452

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 8.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0041 61.6th percentile
Risk Priority 17 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

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 in the top 38.4% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).

Deeper analysis

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.

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Vulnerability details

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.

CWE(s)
CWE-22

Related Threats

MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI

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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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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Why these techniques?

Path traversal in exposed tabdoc API directly enables remote exploitation of public-facing server (T1190) and arbitrary local file/directory access (T1005, T1083).

Confidence: MEDIUM · MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise v18.1

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Affected Assets

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

Mitigating Controls

Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI

SI-10 Information Input Validation good match
prevent

Directly mitigates path traversal by requiring validation of pathname inputs in the tabdoc API to prevent absolute path traversal outside restricted directories.

SI-2 Flaw Remediation good match
prevent

Addresses the specific flaw in Tableau Server's duplicate-data-source modules through timely patching to vulnerable versions' fixed releases.

AC-3 Access Enforcement partial match
prevent

Enforces access controls to limit low-privileged users from accessing or manipulating files outside authorized directories despite traversal attempts.

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