Vulnerability · Published Mar 23, 2026 · Assigned by cisa-cg

CVE-2025-60946Census CSWeb path traversal

High 8.8

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in CSWeb from Census. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 43% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 57.2% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

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.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Census CSWeb 8.0.1 – before 8.1.0 alpha

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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