# CVE-2025-14702: Smartbit CommV Smartschool App be.smartschool.mobile.SplashActivity path traversal

> A local attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in the Smartschool mobile app's SplashActivity to access unauthorized files.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9649-47r9-xcxc

## What is CVE-2025-14702?

CVE-2025-14702 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Smartbit CommV Smartschool App, published on 15 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw has been found in Smartbit CommV Smartschool App up to 10.4.4. Impacted is an unknown function of the component be.smartschool.mobile.SplashActivity. Executing manipulation can lead to path traversal. The attack requires local access. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14702?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14702?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14702 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14702 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14702 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14702 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14702 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Smartbit CommV Smartschool App, published on 15 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-14702 exists.

Affected product: Smartbit CommV Smartschool App. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14702/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14702/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14702
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14702
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14702

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14702/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.