CVE-2025-13051 Path traversal in ABP and AES
Attackers can execute arbitrary code with LocalSystem privileges by planting malicious DLLs in writable service directories, requiring a service restart.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-13051?
CVE-2025-13051 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in ASUSTOR ABP and AES, published on 19 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
When the service of ABP and AES is installed in a directory writable by non-administrative users, an attacker can replace or plant a DLL with the same name as one loaded by the service. Upon service restart, the malicious DLL is loaded and executed under the LocalSystem account, resulting in unauthorized code execution with elevated privileges. This issue affects ABP and AES: from ABP 2.0 through 2.0.7.9050, from AES 1.0 through 1.0.6.8290.
Weakness: CWE-427
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-13051?
How do I fix CVE-2025-13051?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-13051 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-13051 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-13051 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4vm6-5mqx-h27m.