{"id":"CVE-2025-44177","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-44177","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:20:12.911Z","title":"A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in White Star Software Protop version 4.4.2-2024-11-27, specifically in the /pt3upd/ endpoint.","description":"A directory traversal vulnerability was discovered in White Star Software Protop version 4.4.2-2024-11-27, specifically in the /pt3upd/ endpoint. An unauthenticated attacker can remotely read arbitrary files on the underlying OS using encoded traversal sequences.","published":"2025-07-09T16:15:23.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T09:25:01.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-22"],"affected":["wss/protop"],"epss":{"score":0.04433,"percentile":0.91313,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":false,"firstPublished":"2025-07-16","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":52367,"kind":"exploit","title":"White Star Software Protop 4.4.2-2024-11-27 - Local File Inclusion (LFI)","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52367","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/multiple/webapps/52367.txt","file":"exploits/multiple/webapps/52367.txt","published":"2025-07-16","added":"2025-07-16","updated":"2025-07-16","author":"Imraan Khan (Lich-Sec)","type":"webapps","platform":"multiple","port":null,"verified":false,"codes":["CVE-2025-44177"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 4.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://gist.github.com/stSLAYER/4a2ecfbab1215a0be0dde59c4ac0122d","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://protop.com","tags":["Product"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-44177","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}