Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVSS and EPSS are reproduced from their sources (NVD, FIRST EPSS). Risk Priority is our own derived reading, not an NVD score.
Summary
CVE-2025-59304 is a critical-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Swetrix Swetrix. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 12% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
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.
A directory traversal vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-59304 and assigned CWE-22, affects the Swetrix Web Analytics API in version 3.1.1 prior to commit 7d8b972. The flaw permits remote code execution when an attacker supplies a crafted HTTP request that manipulates file paths, resulting in a CVSS 3.1 base score of 9.8.
Unauthenticated attackers reachable over the network can exploit the issue without user interaction to obtain full control over the affected API instance, including arbitrary code execution that impacts confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The referenced GitHub pull request 397 implements the corrective patch, while an accompanying technical analysis describes the underlying file-upload vector and the automated remediation steps applied.
EPSS for the CVE rose from lower values after public disclosure to a peak of 0.0779 on 2026-02-03 before receding to the current 0.0455, indicating measurable post-disclosure exploitation interest that warrants continued monitoring by defenders.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-29739
Vulnerability Data
A directory traversal issue in Swetrix Web Analytics API 3.1.1 before 7d8b972 allows a remote attacker to achieve Remote Code Execution via a crafted HTTP request.
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Mitigating Controls
Control response
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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.