Possibility to bypass file upload validation on the server-side

Summary

CVECVE-2025-9467
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerVaadin
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-09-04 10:42:34 UTC
Updated2026-09-14 14:17:07 UTC
DescriptionWhen the Vaadin Upload's start listener is used to validate metadata about an incoming upload, it is possible to bypass the upload validation. Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade. Releases that have fixed this issue include: Product version Vaadin 7.0.0 - 7.7.47 Vaadin 8.0.0 - 8.28.1 Vaadin 14.0.0 - 14.13.0 Vaadin 23.0.0 - 23.6.1 Vaadin 24.0.0 - 24.7.6 Mitigation Upgrade to 7.7.48 Upgrade to 8.28.2 Upgrade to 14.13.1 Upgrade to 23.6.2 Upgrade to 24.7.7 or newer Please note that Vaadin versions 10-13 and 15-22 are no longer supported and you should update either to the latest 14, 23, 24 version. Artifacts     Maven coordinatesVulnerable versionsFixed versioncom.vaadin:vaadin-server 7.0.0 - 7.7.47 ≥7.7.48 com.vaadin:vaadin-server 8.0.0 - 8.28.1 ≥8.28.2 com.vaadin:vaadin 14.0.0 - 14.13.0 ≥14.13.1 com.vaadin:vaadin23.0.0 - 23.6.1 ≥23.6.2 com.vaadin:vaadin24.0.0 - 24.7.6 ≥24.7.7com.vaadin:vaadin-upload-flow 2.0.0 - 14.13.0 ≥14.13.1 com.vaadin:vaadin-upload-flow 23.0.0 - 23.6.1 ≥23.6.2 com.vaadin:vaadin-upload-flow 24.0.0 - 24.7.6 ≥24.7.7

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 5.3 MEDIUM from [email protected]

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green

EPSS: 0.003840000 probability, percentile 0.318820000 (date 2026-09-14)

Problem Types: CWE-20 | CWE-20 CWE-20 Improper Input Validation


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0[email protected]Secondary5.3MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS5.3MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:N/A...

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
Low
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:N/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Green

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Vaadin Vaadin affected 14.0.0 14.13.0 maven Not specified
CNA Vaadin Vaadin affected 23.0.0 23.6.1 maven Not specified
CNA Vaadin Vaadin affected 24.0.0 24.7.6 maven Not specified
CNA Vaadin Framework affected 7.0.0 7.7.47 maven Not specified
CNA Vaadin Framework affected 8.0.0 8.28.1 maven Not specified
CNA Vaadin Vaadin-upload-flow affected 2.0.0 14.13.0 maven Not specified
CNA Vaadin Vaadin-upload-flow affected 23.0.0 23.6.1 maven Not specified
CNA Vaadin Vaadin-upload-flow affected 24.0.0 24.7.6 maven Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
vaadin.com/security/cve-2025-9467 [email protected] vaadin.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Additional Advisory Data

Solutions

CNA: Users of affected versions should apply the following mitigation or upgrade.

Workarounds

CNA: This issue can also be worked around without updating the version by validating the upload metadata again in the Upload's finished listener.

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