Path Traversal in Bold Reports (By Syncfusion) Standalone Report Designer
CVE-2026-65689
Bold Reports Standalone Report Designer before 14.1.12 contains a missing filepath validation vulnerability in its database download feature that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem by supplying a crafted request. Attackers can exploit this path traversal weakness to disclose sensitive server files, including authentication credentials, enabling full unauthorized access to the application. The vulnerability is specific to the DataHub module, which was introduced in Bold Reports 6.3. Therefore, versions prior to 6.3 are not affected.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.009 (55.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Bold Reports (By Syncfusion) Standalone Report Designer — versions 10.1, 13.1, 11.1
- Syncfusion Standalone_report_designer
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- Release Notes (release-notes, Release Notes)
- disclosure@vulncheck.com (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-65689?
- CVE-2026-65689 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bold Reports (By Syncfusion) Standalone Report Designer, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2026-07-23.
- How severe is CVE-2026-65689?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.