Sitecore Experience Manager up to 9.3/10.4 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sitecore Experience Manager, Experience Platform and Experience Commerce up to 9.3/10.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-34510. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sitecore Experience Manager, Experience Platform and Experience Commerce up to 9.3/10.4. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Sitecore Experience Manager (XM), Experience Platform (XP), and Experience Commerce (XC) versions 9.0 through 9.3 and 10.0 through 10.4 are affected by a Zip Slip vulnerability. A remote, authenticated attacker can upload a ZIP archive containing a path traversal sequence to write arbitrary files, leading to code execution.

The weakness was published by Piotr Bazydlo. It is possible to read the advisory at labs.watchtowr.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-34510 since 04/15/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploitation requires an enhanced level of successful authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/08/2025). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-18525). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 7.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/15/2025 CVE reserved
06/17/2025 +63 days Advisory disclosed
06/17/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/08/2025 +83 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: labs.watchtowr.com
Researcher: Piotr Bazydlo
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2025-34510 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-34510
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-312795
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2025 21:10
Updated: 09/08/2025 22:24
Changes: 06/17/2025 21:10 (61), 06/17/2025 22:07 (1), 09/08/2025 22:24 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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