{"id":"CVE-2025-59944","aliases":["EUVD-2025-33199"],"status":"published","title":"Cursor IDE: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass is Possible","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00506,"percentile":0.43563,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-178"],"published":"2025-10-03T20:15:30Z","modified":"2026-10-19T16:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"anysphere","product":"cursor"},{"vendor":"cursor","product":"cursor"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/cursor/cursor/security/advisories/GHSA-xcwh-rrwj-gxc7","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","Vendor Advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-59944","title":"Cursor IDE: Sensitive File Overwrite Bypass is Possible","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-03T20:15:30.678Z","modified":"2025-10-03T20:43:03.394Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-178"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:32:47.812946Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2025-33199","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-03T20:15:30Z","modified":"2025-10-03T20:43:03Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8.1,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T20:31:36.284733Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2025-59944","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2025-10-03T21:15:34.913Z","modified":"2026-10-19T16:10:00.26Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"critical","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-178"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:11:34.090044Z"}]}}