Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessReach upload endpoint on adjacent network
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DeliveryUpload file with embedded JavaScript
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ExploitOverwrite existing file in temp folder
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ExecutionAuthenticated user downloads the file
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ImpactEmbedded script executes in victim's browser
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling File type validation, storage isolation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Command and Control, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Exploitation requires network reach to the affected ARKETEAM Protectel module (PROTECTELMAJ <6.5.19 or BDF <6.4.67); per the vendor CVSS 4.0 vector the upload path is adjacent-network and unauthenticated (AV:A/PR:N), meaning the attacker needs access to the same adjacent network segment rather than the open internet. The key limiting factor is that the harmful JavaScript execution does NOT occur on upload - the description states it is triggered only 'when an authenticated user tries to download the uploaded file,' so a second, authenticated victim must retrieve the attacker-overwritten file in the temporary folder for impact to materialize. This victim-download dependency and the adjacent-network reachability constraint substantially narrow realistic exploitation despite the unauthenticated upload step. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity issue (vendor CVSS 4.0 base 5.3) that should be treated as a scheduled-patch item rather than an emergency, consistent with the vuln.today 'this_month' decision label. The signals are internally coherent but modest: the vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N) describes an adjacent-network, low-complexity, unauthenticated upload with only Low integrity impact to the vulnerable and subsequent systems (VI:L/SI:L) and no confidentiality or availability impact (VC:N/VA:N/SA:N) - far from a critical rating. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. There is no CISA KEV listing and no public exploit reference supplied, so this is no public exploit identified at time of analysis. One internal tension is worth flagging: the vendor vector encodes UI:N, yet the description explicitly states the dangerous outcome (JavaScript execution) only occurs 'when an authenticated user tries to download the uploaded file' - that is a victim interaction and an authenticated victim, which the UI:N/PR:N vector does not capture; verify the intended attack model with ARKETEAM/CERT-PL. Net: a real but low-urgency, low-prevalence web-application flaw, not a high-CVSS-but-overstated issue and not a widespread-exploitation threat. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with adjacent-network reach to the Protectel module uploads a file containing embedded JavaScript into the shared temporary folder, overwriting an existing file that legitimate users expect. When an authenticated user later downloads that file, the embedded script executes in the context of their session/browser. No public exploit code is referenced, and the payload only runs on the victim's download action, so success depends on a user retrieving the attacker-planted file. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026
Unauthenticated file upload in ARKETEAM Protectel modules PROTECTELMAJ (before 6.5.19) and BDF (before 6.4.67) lets any user write arbitrary files into a temporary folder and overwrite existing ones. The security consequence does not fire on upload: embedded JavaScript is executed only when an authenticated user later downloads the attacker-overwritten file, so a second victim must retrieve it for impact to materialise; per the vendor CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:A/PR:N) the upload path sits on an adjacent network segment rather than the open internet. Severity is medium (vendor CVSS 4.0 base 5.3; independently assessed as CVSS 3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N), no KEV entry and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', making this a scheduled-patch item.
RemediationAI
Vendor-released patch: PROTECTELMAJ v6.5.19 and BDF v6.4.67 - upgrade each module to its listed fixed version; the vendor confirms the issue is fixed in those releases and patch availability is stated as available from the vendor. The CERT.PL advisory (https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/10/CVE-2025-68391/) and the vendor site (https://protectel.arketeam.com/) are the authoritative sources; no alternative workarounds are described in the available data, so updating is the complete fix. Because the trigger requires an adjacent-network attacker to place a file that an authenticated user subsequently downloads, prioritisation can be scheduled rather than emergency: the exposure is bounded by the AV:A reachability constraint and the victim-download dependency, which is consistent with the 'this_month' decision label and the medium vendor CVSS 4.0 base score of 5.3.
Affected VersionsENISA
Affected Packages
Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The finding is CWE-434 (unrestricted upload of file with dangerous type) in two ARKETEAM Protectel modules, PROTECTELMAJ and BDF, identified by CPEs cpe:2.3:a:arketeam:protectelmaj and cpe:2.3:a:arketeam:bdf. The upload handler accepts arbitrary files from any user and writes them into a temporary folder without preventing overwrites of files already present there, which is the file-write/overwrite primitive behind the CWE classification. The dangerous-type aspect is realised indirectly: the injected content is JavaScript, and execution is deferred until an authenticated user downloads the tampered file, at which point the embedded script runs in the download context. The trigger mechanics beyond this upload-then-download chain are not described in the available sources. Reachability is a material constraint: the vendor's CVSS 4.0 vector rates the attack vector as adjacent (AV:A) with no privileges required (PR:N) and no user interaction on the attacker side (UI:N), while the independent assessment models it as network-reachable with UI:R and scope change (S:C), reflecting the requirement that a victim performs the download action. Fixed versions are PROTECTELMAJ 6.5.19 and BDF 6.4.67.
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Severity by source
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
Unauthenticated upload (PR:N) but script execution needs an authenticated victim to download the file (UI:R) and runs in their browser context (S:C), with only limited C/I impact and no availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (CERT-PL).
CVSS VectorVendor: CERT-PL
Lifecycle Timeline
1DescriptionCVE.org
ARKETEAM Protectel modules PROTECTELMAJ and BDF are vulnerable to arbitrary file upload. Any user is able to upload arbitrary file and override existing files in a temporary folder. This vulnerability might lead to execution of embedded JavaScript scripts when an authenticated user tries to download the uploaded file. This issue has been fixed in: PROTECTELMAJ v6.5.19 and BDF v6.4.67
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Attack Technique
Malicious file upload attacks exploit insufficient validation when web applications accept user-provided files.
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