CVE Alert: CVE-2025-10438 – Yordam Information Technology Consulting Education and Electrical Systems Industry Trade Inc. – Yordam Katalog

Risk verdict

High-severity path traversal vulnerability with remote, unauthenticated access potential; there is currently no explicit exploitation activity flagged.

Why this matters

If exploited, an attacker could read arbitrary server files containing sensitive data, potentially exfiltrating information or facilitating further compromise. The remote, no-auth access combined with a changed scope increases the risk of broader impact across connected components.

Most likely attack path

An attacker sends crafted, traversal-enabled requests over the network to manipulate file paths (dir/../../…), no user interaction or privileges required. Because the scope is changed, successful access could extend to other parts of the system, depending on server file permissions and path exposure.

Who is most exposed

Externally accessible web endpoints or APIs that accept file paths or directory inputs are at greatest risk; deployments with weak input validation or permissive file access controls are especially vulnerable.

Detection ideas

• Alerts for ../ patterns in URL paths or parameters.
• Unusual 403/404 responses to legitimate file paths.
• Repeated traversal attempts from diverse IPs in short intervals.
• WAF/IPS blocks tied to traversal signatures.
• Anomalies in file-access logs showing reads of sensitive directories.

Mitigation and prioritisation

• Apply vendor patch or upgrade to the fixed release; verify successful deployment.
• Enforce strict input validation and canonicalisation of file paths; disallow traversal sequences.
• Deploy or tune a WAF/IDS to block directory traversal patterns; enable logging of blocked events.
• Harden server permissions, disable directory listing, and enforce least-privilege access to file areas.
• Review exposure: limit external access to the affected endpoints; require authentication where feasible.
• Change-management: test in staging, plan minimal outage, monitor for post-deploy anomalies.