# CVE-2025-59171: Due to insufficient sanitization, an attacker can upload a specially crafted configuration file to traverse…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-59171-due-to-insufficient-sanitization-an-attacker-can-upload-a  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-06  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-59171 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2025-11-06

Due to insufficient sanitization, an attacker can upload a specially 
crafted configuration file to traverse directories and achieve remote 
code execution with system-level permissions.

Technologies: [Advantech Deviceon\](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/deviceon), [Advantech Iedge](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/iedge). Vendors: [Advantech](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/advantech).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-59171 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-59171 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-59171?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 6 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Advantech Deviceon\, Advantech Iedge. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-59171?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-59171?** Check whether you run Advantech Deviceon\ or Advantech Iedge. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Advantech Deviceon\
- Advantech Iedge

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