# Srimax Output Messenger: Output Messenger Directory Traversal Vulnerability · pwn.watch

> Srimax Output Messenger contains a directory traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker to access sensitive files outside the intended directory, potentially leading to configuration leakage or arbitrary file access. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-05-19.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/srimax-output-messenger-cve-2025-27920 · generated 2026-10-22T21:08:49.695Z

## Status
- Severity: high · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: Srimax Output Messenger
- Started: 2025-05-19 · closed: 2025-05-19
- CVEs: CVE-2025-27920
- Affected: See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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## Updates (newest first)
- 2025-05-19: CISA added CVE-2025-27920 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-06-09).

## Fix brief
# Security brief: Srimax Output Messenger: Output Messenger Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/srimax-output-messenger-cve-2025-27920 · status: closed (closed May 19, 2025) · severity: high · updated May 19, 2025

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
Srimax Output Messenger contains a directory traversal vulnerability that allows an attacker to access sensitive files outside the intended directory, potentially leading to configuration leakage or arbitrary file access. Added to CISA KEV on 2025-05-19.

Severity detail: CVSS 7.2 (CNA, v3.1); actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: Srimax Output Messenger
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2025-27920

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory / CISA notes (versions not always listed in KEV feed)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- May 19, 2025: CISA added CVE-2025-27920 to the KEV catalog (due 2025-06-09).

## Advisories
- [Srimax advisory: Srimax Output Messenger](https://www.outputmessenger.com/cve-2025-27920/) (Srimax)
- [NVD: CVE-2025-27920](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-27920) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from CISA KEV JSON feed catalogVersion 2026.10.21. CVSS from the CVE record (cvelistV5). Exact affected/fixed version strings are not always in the KEV record; verify against the vendor advisory URL. startedAt uses dateAdded (exploitation may have begun earlier; many entries are older CVEs newly confirmed as exploited in 2025).

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