CVE-2025-53120 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2025-53120

Securden Unified PAM Path Traversal In File Upload

Vulnerability Description

A path traversal vulnerability in unauthenticated upload functionality allows a malicious actor to upload binaries and scripts to the server’s configuration and web root directories, achieving remote code execution on the Unified PAM server.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Aaron Herndon, Principal Security Consultant, and Marcus Chang, Security Consultant, both of Rapid7.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Unified PAM
Vulnerable Versions:
9.0.*

Timeline

Official Publish: August 25th, 2025
Last Modified: August 25th, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1005 Data from Local System
Collection
T1552 Unsecured Credentials
Credential Access
T1565.001 Stored Data Manipulation
Impact