# CVE-2025-60946: Census CSWeb path traversal

> A remote authenticated attacker can access unintended file directories in Census CSWeb via arbitrary file path input.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:** 23 Mar 2026
- **Updated:** 25 Mar 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q4rc-c232-4f3v

## What is CVE-2025-60946?

CVE-2025-60946 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Census CSWeb, published on 23 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Census CSWeb 8.0.1 allows arbitrary file path input. A remote, authenticated attacker could access unintended file directories. Fixed in 8.1.0 alpha.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-60946?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Csprousers Csweb.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-60946?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-60946 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-60946 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-60946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Census CSWeb

- [CVE-2025-60949](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60949/): Census CSWeb leaked configuration files (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2025-60947](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60947/): Census CSWeb arbitrary file upload (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-60948](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60948/): Census CSWeb stored XSS (medium 5.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-60946 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-60946 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Census CSWeb, published on 23 Mar 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-60946 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Census CSWeb. 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-2025-60946/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60946/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-60946
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-60946
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-60946

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-60946/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.