Vulnerability · Published Nov 29, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-53899Kiteworks MFT is vulnerable to an Incorrectly Specified Destination in a Communication Channel

High 7.2

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in security-advisories from kiteworks. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.0% (higher than 63% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.2High

Exploit odds (30 days)1.0%top 36.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Kiteworks MFT orchestrates end-to-end file transfer workflows. Prior to version 9.1.0, the back-end of Kiteworks MFT is vulnerable to an incorrectly specified destination in a communication channel which allows an attacker with administrative privileges on the system under certain circumstances to intercept upstream communication which could lead to an escalation of privileges. This issue has been patched in version 9.1.0.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
kiteworks	security-advisories	< 9.1.0

Weakness: CWE-941 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

https://github.com/kiteworks/security-advisories/security/advisories/GHSA-5gx5-vcpp-8cr5 x_refsource_CONFIRM