Arbitrary local file read vulnerability during template rendering

HIGH 7.5CVE-2023-25345 · GHSA-2rq5-699j-x7p6 · Published 15/03/2023 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2023-25345 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting swig-templates (swig-templates project), swig (swig project), swig.
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 64.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
swig-templates swig-templates_project	`≤ 2.0.4`	No fix yet
swig swig_project	`≤ 1.4.2`	No fix yet
swig npm	`≤ 1.4.2`	No fix yet
swig-templates npm	`≤ 2.0.4`	No fix yet

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in swig-templates thru 2.0.4 and swig thru 1.4.2, allows attackers to read arbitrary files via the include or extends tags.

NVD description

Directory traversal vulnerability in swig-templates thru 2.0.4 and swig thru 1.4.2, allows attackers to read arbitrary files via the include or extends tags.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-25345 · ADVISORY
node-swig/swig-templates · WEB

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