CVE-2025-53939
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-11-29
Last updated on: 2025-12-04
Assigner: GitHub, Inc.
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| accellion | kiteworks | to 9.1.0 (exc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-20 | The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. |
| CWE-NVD-CWE-noinfo |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in Kiteworks prior to version 9.1.0 involves improper input validation when managing roles of a shared folder, which could allow a user to unexpectedly elevate another user's permissions on that shared folder.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to unauthorized permission elevation on shared folders, potentially allowing users to access, modify, or delete data they should not have access to, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability of data.
What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
Upgrade Kiteworks to version 9.1.0 or later, as this version contains the patch that fixes the improper input validation vulnerability related to managing roles of a shared folder.