# CVE-2025-64107: Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7.52 and below, manipulating internal settings…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-64107-cursor-is-a-code-editor-built-for-programming-with-ai-in-versions  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-11-04  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-64107 · Severity: high · CVSS 8.8 · Published 2025-11-04

Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. In versions 1.7.52 and below, manipulating internal settings may lead to RCE. Cursor detects path manipulation via forward slashes (./.cursor/./././././mcp.json etc.), and requires human approval to complete the operation. However, the same kind of manipulation using backslashes was not correctly detected, allowing an attacker who had already achieved prompt injection or some other level of control to overwrite sensitive editor files without approval on Windows machines. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.

Technologies: [Anysphere Cursor](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/cursor). Vendors: [Anysphere](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/anysphere).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-64107 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-64107 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-64107?** High severity, with a CVSS score of 8.8, published 4 November 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Anysphere Cursor. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-64107?** 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-2025-64107?** Check whether you run Anysphere Cursor. 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

- Anysphere Cursor

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