CVE-2025-60915
Path Traversal in Craws Openatlas ≤ 8.12.0
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:NSummary
CVE-2025-60915 is a high-severity Path Traversal (CWE-22) vulnerability in Craws Openatlas. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (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-2025-60915 is a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) affecting the size query parameter in the /views/file.py endpoint of the Austrian Archaeological Institute's Openatlas software in versions before v8.12.0. Published on 2025-11-24, it enables attackers to traverse directory paths through a crafted HTTP request, earning a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N).
An attacker with low privileges (PR:L), such as an authenticated user, can exploit this remotely over the network with low complexity and no user interaction required. Exploitation allows high confidentiality and integrity impacts, potentially enabling unauthorized access to sensitive files, including local file inclusion for exfiltrating configuration data.
Advisories recommend upgrading to Openatlas v8.12.0 or later to mitigate the issue. Further details on the vulnerability, including proof-of-concept exploitation, are documented at https://www.sec4you-pentest.com/schwachstelle/openatlas-schwachstelle-lfi-konfigurationsdatei-exfiltration/ and https://www.sec4you-pentest.com/schwachstellen/.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2025-198896
Vulnerability Data
An issue in the size query parameter (/views/file.py) of Austrian Archaeological Institute Openatlas before v8.12.0 allows attackers to execute a path traversal via a crafted 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.