{"id":85630,"date":"2025-11-07T15:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T15:04:17","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-11T11:04:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T17:04:09","slug":"cve-2025-10203-relative-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-digilent-waveforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-10203-relative-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-digilent-waveforms\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-10203: Relative Path Traversal Vulnerability in Digilent WaveForms<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-10203 vulnerability is a significant security concern affecting Digilent WaveForms 3.24.3 and prior versions. This software flaw, categorized as a relative path traversal vulnerability, could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. The severity of this issue is further underscored by the fact that it could <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49668-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-windows-rras-resulting-in-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92441\">result in system<\/a> compromise or data leakage, posing a serious threat to the confidentiality and integrity of user data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-10203<br \/>\nSeverity: High (7.8 CVSS)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Local<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: Potential system compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1065283152\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Digilent WaveForms | 3.24.3 and prior versions<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An attacker exploits this vulnerability by creating a specially crafted .DWF3WORK file, which contains malicious code. By getting a user to open this file, the attacker can trigger the vulnerability, allowing the malicious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-2945-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-in-pgadmin-4\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92511\">code to execute<\/a>. The relative <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-52811-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-davenport-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92377\">path traversal vulnerability<\/a> exists due to improper input validation within Digilent WaveForms, enabling the attacker to manipulate file paths to access directories or files that should otherwise be inaccessible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-1411640698\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>The following pseudocode demonstrates the conceptual approach an attacker might take to exploit this vulnerability:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\"># Create a malicious .DWF3WORK file with arbitrary code\nmalicious_file = create_malicious_file(&quot;.DWF3WORK&quot;)\n# Craft the file path to traverse directories\nmalicious_path = &quot;..\/target_directory\/&quot; + malicious_file\n# Attempt to open the file, triggering the vulnerability\nopen_file(malicious_path)<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This code is purely conceptual and is included to demonstrate the potential premise of an attack exploiting this vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are advised to apply the vendor-provided patch to remediate this vulnerability. In the absence of such a patch, or pending its application, users can implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as a temporary mitigation strategy to detect and prevent attempts to exploit this vulnerability.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The CVE-2025-10203 vulnerability is a significant security concern affecting Digilent WaveForms 3.24.3 and prior versions. This software flaw, categorized as a relative path traversal vulnerability, could potentially lead to arbitrary code execution. The severity of this issue is further underscored by the fact that it could result in system compromise or data leakage, posing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[85,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-85630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-directory-traversal","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85630"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85630\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85796,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85630\/revisions\/85796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85630"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=85630"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=85630"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=85630"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=85630"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=85630"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=85630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}