CVE-2025-59944 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-59944
Vulnerability Scoring

8.0

/10

Very High Risk

Highly exploitable, CVE-2025-59944 poses a critical security risk that could lead to severe breaches.

Attack Complexity Details

Attack Complexity: High
Exploits require significant effort and special conditions.
Attack Vector: Network
Vulnerability is exploitable over a network without physical access.
Privileges Required: Low
Some privileges are necessary to exploit the vulnerability.
Scope: Changed
Successful exploitation can impact components beyond the vulnerable component.
User Interaction: Required
User interaction is necessary for successful exploitation.

CVE-2025-59944 Details

Status: Analyzed

Last updated: 🕕 16 Oct 2025, 18:16 UTC
Originally published on: 🕘 03 Oct 2025, 21:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 12 days

CVSS Release: version 3

CVSS3 Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVSS3 Type

Secondary

CVSS3 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVE-2025-59944 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-59944: Cursor is a code editor built for programming with AI. Versions 1.6.23 and below contain case-sensitive checks in the way Cursor IDE protects its sensitive files (e.g., */.cursor/mcp.json), which allows attackers to modify the content of these files through prompt injection and achieve remote code execution. A prompt injection can lead to full RCE through modifying sensitive files on case-insensitive fileystems. This issue is fixed in version 1.7.

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-59944

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-59944 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-59944

This vulnerability, CVE-2025-59944, requires a high level of attack complexity and low privileges, making it difficult but not impossible to exploit. Organizations should ensure robust security configurations to mitigate risks.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-59944, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-59944, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

Confidentiality: High
Exploiting CVE-2025-59944 can result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, severely compromising data privacy.
Integrity: High
CVE-2025-59944 could allow unauthorized modifications to data, potentially affecting system reliability and trust.
Availability: High
CVE-2025-59944 can disrupt system operations, potentially causing complete denial of service (DoS).

CVE-2025-59944 References

External References

https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-xcwh-rrwj-gxc7

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-178

Vulnerable Configurations

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