# CVE-2025-49493: Akamai CloudTest

- Exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-30
- CVSS: 5.8 MEDIUM (v3.1)
- EPSS: 2.1% (82th percentile)
- CWE: CWE-611

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

## Edge WAF coverage (claimed by vendors, not measured)

| Vendor | Status | First rule | Days after publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | Blocks by default | 2025-07-21 | 21 |
| AWS | No public claim | — | — |
| Microsoft Azure | No public claim | — | — |
| Google Cloud | No public claim | — | — |
| Fastly | Before feed history | — | — |
| F5 | Rule published | 2025-08-15 | 46 |
| Akamai | No public source | — | — |
| OWASP CRS | No public claim | — | — |

### Cloudflare

- 2025-07-21 · new · rule 5d348a573a834ffd968faffc6e70469f · default Block
  > Akamai CloudTest - XXE - CVE:CVE-2025-49493. Previous action: Log. New action: Block. This is a New Detection
  Source: https://developers.cloudflare.com/changelog/post/2025-07-21-waf-release/

### F5

- 2025-08-15 · new · rule 200018194
  > Added: signature 200018194 "Akamai CloudTest XXE" (Other Application Attacks, risk High), systems: System Independent. References: CVE-2025-49493.
  Source: https://docs.cloud.f5.com/docs-v2/platform/changelogs/security-details-changelog

## Our test (measured)

- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 1, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: blocked (1 of 1 requests blocked), template CVE-2025-49493, 2026-11-02
- OWASP Core Rule Set 4.25.0, paranoia level 2, anomaly threshold 5, default CRS settings: blocked (1 of 1 requests blocked), template CVE-2025-49493, 2026-11-02

"No public claim" means no vendor statement names this CVE; "Before feed history" means the CVE is older than the vendor feed. In both cases generic rules may still block it.

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