CVE-2025-36574VulnerabilityPublished 10 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-36574: Dell Wyse Management Suite · Absolute Path Traversal

Affects Dell Wyse Management SuiteSource CVE Database V5

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 8.2 High : upgrade to 5.2 soon.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score

8.2High

How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 42% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch: Available – fixed in 5.2

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector: Network
Attack Complexity: Low
Privileges Required: None
User Interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: Low
Availability: None

Bold values are the worst case: easiest to exploit or largest impact.

Attack Vector: Network: The vulnerable component is bound to the network stack and the set of possible attackers extends beyond the other options listed, up to and including the entire Internet. Such a vulnerability is often termed 'remotely exploitable' and can be thought of as an attack being exploitable at the protocol level one or more network hops away (e.g., across one or more routers).
Attack Complexity: Low: Specialized access conditions or extenuating circumstances do not exist. An attacker can expect repeatable success against the vulnerable component.
Privileges Required: None: The attacker is unauthorized prior to attack, and therefore does not require any access to settings or files to carry out an attack.
User Interaction: None: The vulnerable system can be exploited without any interaction from any user.
Scope: Unchanged: An exploited vulnerability can only affect resources managed by the same security authority. In this case, the vulnerable component and the impacted component are either the same, or both are managed by the same security authority.
Confidentiality: High: There is total loss of confidentiality, resulting in all resources within the impacted component being divulged to the attacker. Alternatively, access to only some restricted information is obtained, but the disclosed information presents a direct, serious impact.
Integrity: Low: Modification of data is possible, but the attacker does not have control over the consequence of a modification, or the amount of modification is limited. The data modification does not have a direct, serious impact on the impacted component.
Availability: None: There is no impact to availability within the impacted component.

Definitions: FIRST CVSS v3.1 specification.

Exploitation evidence

Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 10 Jun 2025
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

Disclosed: The CVE record is public on cve.org. Its publication is t = 0.
Detectable: A public nuclei template can find exposed instances, for defenders and attackers alike.
Weaponised: Public exploit code exists in Metasploit or Exploit-DB, or CISA SSVC reports a public proof of concept.
Exploited in the wild: CISA KEV lists it, CISA SSVC rates exploitation active, or a source reports attacks.
Observed by OffSeq Mirage: OffSeq Mirage honeypot sensors recorded attack traffic for this CVE, or found exposed hosts without attack traffic.

Moments are spaced evenly, not to scale; a dashed line marks a gap of six months or more. Deltas count from t = 0. Sources that give only a date (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, or a time of exactly 00:00Z) read “same day” rather than hours. Metasploit modules carry the flaw’s disclosure date, not their release date, and nuclei templates carry no date, so both appear above but not on the timeline.

What to do

Upgrade Dell Wyse Management Suite to 5.2.

Affected software

Product	Affected	Fixed in
Dell Wyse Management Suite	Affected <5.2	Fixed in 5.2

AI-suggested

1. Immediate deployment of any available patches or updates from Dell once released, specifically upgrading to Wyse Management Suite version 5.2 or later. 2. If you cannot patch yet, restrict network access to the Wyse Management Suite management interface using network segmentation, firewalls, and VPNs to limit exposure to trusted administrators only. 3. Implement strict access control lists (ACLs) and monitor logs for unusual file access patterns or path traversal attempts. 4. Employ web application firewalls (WAFs) with custom rules to detect and block path traversal payloads targeting the management suite. 5. Conduct regular security audits and vulnerability scans focused on management infrastructure. 6. Educate IT staff about the risks of path traversal vulnerabilities and the importance of timely patching. 7. Consider deploying intrusion detection/prevention systems (IDS/IPS) tuned to detect exploitation attempts of CWE-36 vulnerabilities. 8. Maintain an incident response plan specifically addressing potential breaches of management systems to enable rapid containment and remediation.

Description

Dell Wyse Management Suite, versions prior to WMS 5.2, contain an Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to Information disclosure and Unauthorized access.

Impact

For European organizations, the impact of this vulnerability is considerable due to the widespread use of Dell Wyse Management Suite in industries such as finance, healthcare, government, and large enterprises that rely on thin client deployments. Unauthorized access to configuration files or credentials could lead to broader compromise of endpoint management infrastructure, exposing sensitive personal data protected under GDPR and other privacy regulations. Information disclosure could also undermine operational security, allowing attackers to map network topology or escalate privileges. The vulnerability’s unauthenticated nature means attackers can exploit it remotely without needing internal access, increasing the risk of external threat actors targeting European organizations. This could result in regulatory fines, reputational damage, and operational disruptions. Additionally, the exposure of management data could facilitate supply chain attacks or ransomware campaigns targeting critical infrastructure and services within Europe.

CWE-36Absolute Path Traversal (opens in a new tab)
Base weaknessOWASP Top 10 A01:2025: Broken Access Control (opens in a new tab)
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Implementation · Input Validation
Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
Implementation · Input Validation
Inputs should be decoded and canonicalized to the application's current internal representation before being validated (CWE-180). Make sure that the application does not decode the same input twice (CWE-174).
Operation · Firewall
Use an application firewall that can detect attacks against this weakness. It can be beneficial in cases in which the code cannot be fixed (because it is controlled by a third party), as an emergency prevention measure while more comprehensive software assurance measures are applied, or to provide defense in depth.
OWASP Cheat Sheets
Authorization (opens in a new tab)
OWASP ASVS 4.0.3
V12.3.1 (opens in a new tab)
Attack patterns
Absolute Path Traversal (opens in a new tab)
From MITRE CWE, MITRE CAPEC and OWASP (Top 10, OpenCRE).

References

dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000325679/dsa-2025-226 (opens in a new tab)

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Description

AI analysisMachine-generated, updated 10 Jul 2025, 19:50 UTC

WeaknessesCWE-36

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