CVE-2025-57795
Published: 28 January 2026
Summary
CVE-2025-57795 is a critical-severity Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type (CWE-434) vulnerability in Explorance Blue. Its CVSS base score is 9.9 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked at the 41.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-10 (Information Input Validation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2025-57795 is an authenticated remote file download vulnerability in a web service component of Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.13. Published on 2026-01-28, this flaw allows attackers to download arbitrary files when exploited in default configurations, potentially leading to remote code execution. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.9 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H) and maps to CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type).
Attackers with low-privilege authenticated access can exploit the vulnerability remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction. Exploitation changes the scope to high (S:C), granting high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, ultimately enabling remote code execution on the targeted system.
Advisories from Explorance and Mandiant provide mitigation guidance, including upgrading to Explorance Blue version 8.14.13 or later. Relevant resources include https://github.com/mandiant/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/master/2026/MNDT-2026-0004.md, https://online-help.explorance.com/blue/articles/security-advisories-(january-2026), https://online-help.explorance.com/blue/articles/security-advisory:-cve-2025-57795, and https://www.explorance.com/products/blue.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-206462
Vulnerability details
Explorance Blue versions prior to 8.14.13 contain an authenticated remote file download vulnerability in a web service component. In default configurations, this flaw can be leveraged to achieve remote code execution.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Authenticated remote arbitrary file download in a web service exploits public-facing application (T1190) and enables collection of data from local system files (T1005), with potential for RCE.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly mitigates the vulnerability by requiring timely identification, reporting, and correction of flaws through patching to Explorance Blue version 8.14.13 or later as advised by the vendor.
Validates inputs to the vulnerable web service to block arbitrary file path specifications that enable unauthorized remote file downloads and subsequent RCE.
Enforces approved authorizations to prevent low-privilege authenticated users from accessing and downloading arbitrary files via the web service component.