CVE-2025-71427
Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server through 2.0.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows MCP…
- Risk score
- 45/100
- CVSS
- 6.8 v3.1
- Exploit chance (30 days)
- 0.3%
- Published
- 1 Oct 2026
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What to know
- What it is
- Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server through 2.0.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows MCP callers to write and read files outside the working directory by supplying absolute paths or ../ sequences. Attackers can steer an AI agent via prompt injection to abuse save_presentation, open_presentation, or manage_im…
- Affected
- See advisory
- Fix
- Apply the vendor's security update; see the linked advisory.
- Exploitation
- No known exploitation
Why it is Yellow
- CVSS 6.8 medium
References
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server/blob/3631ba2ec0c24504476f78bf74d329c9be11caaa/tools/presentation_tools.py#L127-L141
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server/blob/3631ba2ec0c24504476f78bf74d329c9be11caaa/utils/presentation_utils.py#L61-L73
- https://github.com/GongRzhe/Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server/pull/33
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/office-powerpoint-mcp-server-through-2.0.7-path-traversal-via-save-presentation-and-manage-image
Original description
Office-PowerPoint-MCP-Server through 2.0.7 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows MCP callers to write and read files outside the working directory by supplying absolute paths or ../ sequences. Attackers can steer an AI agent via prompt injection to abuse save_presentation, open_presentation, or manage_image output_path to overwrite any server-writable file or load external files.
Last activity 1 Oct 2026. Patch Forecast updates every hour.