CVE-2025-8716
Cache exploitation vulnerability
In Content Management versions 20.4- 25.3 authenticated attackers may exploit a complex cache poisoning technique to download unprotected files from the server if the filenames are known.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Active
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Cache exploitation vulnerability
In Content Management versions 20.4- 25.3 authenticated attackers may exploit a complex cache poisoning technique to download unprotected files from the server if the filenames are known.
- Record
CVE-2025-8716- CVSS 4.0
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-28916
In Content Management versions 20.4- 25.3 authenticated attackers may exploit a complex cache poisoning technique to download unprotected files from the server if the filenames are known.
- Record
EUVD-2025-28916- CVSS 4.0
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-wvmr-923c-4gw4
In Content Management versions 20.4- 25.3 authenticated attackers may exploit a complex cache...
In Content Management versions 20.4- 25.3 authenticated attackers may exploit a complex cache poisoning technique to download unprotected files from the server if the filenames are known.
- Record
GHSA-wvmr-923c-4gw4- CVSS 4.0
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
In Content Management versions 20.4- 25.3 authenticated attackers may exploit a complex cache poisoning technique to download unprotected files from the server if the filenames are known.
- Record
CVE-2025-8716- CVSS 4.0
- 5.8 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/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 - Weakness
- CWE-754
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-8716 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Opentext Content Management, published September 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.24%, the 15th percentile. No source names a fixed version.