# CVE-2025-46704: Advantech iView Path Traversal

> An authenticated attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in Advantech iView to determine the existence of arbitrary files on the server.

- **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:** 10 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v8qj-6www-vvm2

## What is CVE-2025-46704?

CVE-2025-46704 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Advantech iView, published on 10 Jul 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability exists in Advantech iView in 
NetworkServlet.processImportRequest() that could allow for a directory 
traversal attack. This issue requires an authenticated attacker with at 
least user-level privileges. A specific parameter is not properly 
sanitized or normalized, potentially allowing an attacker to determine 
the existence of arbitrary files on the server.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46704?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Advantech Iview.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-46704?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46704 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46704 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Advantech iView

- [CVE-2022-2143](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-2143/): Advantech iView (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-32930](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-32930/): Missing authorization in iView (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-22652](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22652/): Missing authorization in Advantech iView (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-22658](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-22658/): SQL injection in Advantech iView (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-16245](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16245/): Path traversal in Advantech iView (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46704 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46704 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Advantech iView, published on 10 Jul 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-2025-46704 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Advantech iView. 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-2025-46704/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46704/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46704
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46704
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46704

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46704/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.