# CVE-2025-14848: Advantech WebAccess/SCADA Absolute Path Traversal

> Attackers can determine the existence of arbitrary files on Advantech WebAccess/SCADA systems via absolute directory traversal.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 18 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 18 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pv73-6jm3-25wx

## What is CVE-2025-14848?

CVE-2025-14848 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA, published on 18 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Advantech WebAccess/SCADA
is vulnerable to absolute directory traversal, which may allow an attacker to determine the existence of arbitrary files.

Weakness: CWE-36 (Absolute Path Traversal)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14848?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Advantech Webaccess\/Scada.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-14848?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14848 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA

- [CVE-2023-1437](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-1437/): CVE-2023-1437 (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-32943](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32943/): Memory corruption in WebAccess/SCADA (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-6519](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6519/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-6523](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-6523/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-22669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22669/): Privilege escalation in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14848 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Advantech WebAccess/SCADA, published on 18 Dec 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Advantech WebAccess/SCADA. 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-2025-14848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14848

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14848/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.