OpenText XM Fax 24.2 path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in OpenText XM Fax 24.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2025-8054. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenText XM Fax 24.2. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in OpenText™ XM Fax allows Path Traversal.  The vulnerability could allow an attacker to arbitrarily disclose content of files on the local filesystem. This issue affects XM Fax: 24.2.

It is possible to read the advisory at support.opentext.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-8054 since 07/22/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. 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 02/28/2026). 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.

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• OpenText

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• XM Fax

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• 24.2

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• commercial

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