CVE-2025-11489 is a high-severity symlink following vulnerability affecting wonderwhy-er DesktopCommanderMCP up to version 0.2.13, specifically within the isPathAllowed function of src/tools/filesystem.ts. This local attack has high complexity and difficult exploitability, allowing an attacker to potentially achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While the exploit has been publicly disclosed, there are no known active exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage. The vendor has stated that their restriction features are not hardened security boundaries and recommends Docker for security-critical users, noting that the affected products are no longer supported.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.2.13CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wonderwhy-er:desktopcommandermcp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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