CVE-2025-1500Network attack vector

User-triggered file execution via unrestricted upload

Published Apr 5, 2025 · Updated Sep 1, 2025

Unrestricted file upload in IBM Maximo Application Suite 9.0 allows remote authenticated users to plant executable content. IBM has not identified the upload endpoint or disclosed how its file-type validation accepts dangerous content. Another user must open the uploaded file for it to execute, bounding the impact to content reached through that interaction.

CVSS severity5.5
Medium
EPSS probability0.28%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Unrestricted file upload in IBM Maximo Application Suite 9.0 allows remote authenticated users to plant executable content. IBM has not identified the upload endpoint or disclosed how its file-type validation accepts dangerous content. Another user must open the uploaded file for it to execute, bounding the impact to content reached through that interaction.

The record

CVE
CVE-2025-1500
Published
Apr 5, 2025
Updated
Sep 1, 2025
Vendor
IBM
Product
Maximo Application Suite
Classifications
CWE-434, T1204.002
Attack vector
network
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Apr 5, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 1, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=9.0

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectornetwork
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

IBM · Maximo Application Suiteversion=9.0

Published CVSS scores

5.5IBMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
8.0NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectornetwork
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-434Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
T1204.002Malicious File

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