CVE-2025-53900 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2025-53900

Kiteworks MFT has a Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions

Vulnerability Description

Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, an unfavourable definition of roles and permissions in Kiteworks MFT on managing Connections could lead to unexpected escalation of privileges for authorized users. 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:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-267

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.