Vulnerability · Published Apr 1, 2025 · Assigned by CPANSec
CVE-2025-30672Mite for Perl generates code with an untrusted search path vulnerability
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity uncontrolled search path in Mite from TOBYINK. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
Mite for Perl before 0.013000 generates code with the current working directory ('.') added to the @INC path similar to CVE-2016-1238. If an attacker can place a malicious file in current working directory, it may be loaded instead of the intended file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. This affects the Mite distribution itself, and other distributions that contain code generated by Mite.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-427 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N