8.8
/ 10
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
An issue was discovered in the Thermo Fisher Torrent Suite Django application 5.18.1. The /configure/plugins/plugin/upload/zip/ and /configure/newupdates/offline/bundle/upload/ endpoints allow low-privilege users to upload ZIP files to the server. The plupload_file_upload function handles these file uploads and constructs the destination file path by using either the name parameter or the uploaded filename, neither of which is properly sanitized. The file extension is extracted by splitting the filename, and a format string is used to construct the final file path, leaving the destination path vulnerable to path traversal. An authenticated attacker with network connectivity can write arbitrary files to the server, enabling remote code execution after overwriting an executable file. An example is the pdflatex executable, which is executed through subprocess.Popen in the write_report_pdf function after requests to a /report/latex/(\d+).pdf endpoint.
AI Analysis
Path traversal vulnerability allowing remote code execution through file uploads
Basic Information
ID
CVE-2025-54307
Source
mitre
Published
Dec 4, 2025 at 00:00
Modified
Dec 5, 2025 at 19:57
Affected Product
Vendor
Thermo Fisher
Product
Torrent Suite
Version
5.18.1
Affected Versions
n/a n/a n/a
CWE Classification
AI Assessment
AI Score
8.8 / 10
AI Severity
High
Vendor
Thermo Fisher
Product
Torrent Suite
Version
5.18.1
References
- www.thermofisher.com /us/en/home/life-science/sequencing/next-generation-sequencing/ion-torrent-next-generation-sequencing-workflow/ion-torrent-next-generation-sequencing-data-analysis-workflow/ion-torrent-suite-software.html
- assets.thermofisher.com /TFS-Assets/LSG/manuals/MAN0026163-Torrent-Suite-5.18-UG.pdf
- documents.thermofisher.com /TFS-Assets/CORP/Product-Guides/Ion_OneTouch_2_and_Torrent_Suite_Software.pdf