CVE-2025-53900

Dec. 3, 2025, 5:49 p.m.

6.5
Medium

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor Product Versions
Accellion
  • Kiteworks Managed File Transfer
  • *

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-267
Privilege Defined With Unsafe Actions
A particular privilege, role, capability, or right can be used to perform unsafe actions that were not intended, even when it is assigned to the correct entity.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language Software Edition Target Software Target Hardware Other Information
a accellion kiteworks_managed_file_transfer / / / / / / / /

References

https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-gjq3-8v6p-2h6h

Tags

security-advisories@github.com
CWE-267
2025-11-29
CVE-2025-53900

CVSS Score

6.5 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

  • Attack Vector: NETWORK
  • Attack Complexity: LOW
  • Privileges Required: LOW
  • Scope: UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: HIGH
  • Availability Impact: NONE

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

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 29, 2025, 3:15 a.m.
Last Modified: Dec. 3, 2025, 5:49 p.m.

Status : Analyzed

CVE has had analysis completed and all data associations made.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

*Disclaimer: Some vulnerabilities do not have an associated CPE. To enhance the data, we use AI to infer CPEs based on CVE details. This is an automated process and might not always be accurate.