Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server through 2.0.7 Path Traversal via save_presentation and manage_image
Priority LOW 35CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Passive
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server through 2.0.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows MCP callers to write and read files outside the working directory by supplying absolute paths or ../ sequences. Attackers can steer an AI agent via prompt injection to abuse save_presentation, open_presentation, or manage_image output_path to overwrite any server-writable file or load external files.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00289 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-71427
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xpvr-6r3p-gm34
References
Patch 1
Other 3
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server/blob/3631ba2ec0c24504476f78bf74d329c9be11caaa/utils/presentation_utils.py#L61-L73
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server/blob/3631ba2ec0c24504476f78bf74d329c9be11caaa/tools/presentation_tools.py#L127-L141
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server
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Sources
- CVE-2025-71427 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-71427 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xpvr-6r3p-gm34 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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