CVE-2025-53899 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2025-53899

Kiteworks MFT is vulnerable to an Incorrectly Specified Destination in a Communication Channel

Vulnerability Description

Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, the back-end of Kiteworks MFT is vulnerable to an incorrectly specified destination in a communication channel which allows an attacker with administrative privileges on the system under certain circumstances to intercept upstream communication which could lead to an escalation of privileges. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.0.

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

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

security-advisories
Vulnerable Versions:
< 9.1.0

Timeline

Official Publish: November 29th, 2025
Last Modified: December 1st, 2025
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-941

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.