Authenticated file relocation via unchecked rename path
Published Mar 6, 2025 · Updated Mar 12, 2025
Path traversal in ChestnutCMS 1.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to move server files through the file-renaming endpoint. The /dev-api/cms/file/rename handler checks only the requested file extension and accepts a rename value containing ../ without rejecting traversal sequences. A valid authenticated session is required, and successful exploitation relocates a chosen server file outside its intended resource directory.
Summary
What happened
Path traversal in ChestnutCMS 1.5.2 allows remote authenticated users to move server files through the file-renaming endpoint. The /dev-api/cms/file/rename handler checks only the requested file extension and accepts a rename value containing ../ without rejecting traversal sequences. A valid authenticated session is required, and successful exploitation relocates a chosen server file outside its intended resource directory.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-2032
- Published
- Mar 6, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- Vendor
- Liweiyi
- Product
- ChestnutCMS
- Classifications
- CWE-22
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 6, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 12, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.5.2
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Public exploit references
- ChestnutCMS rename endpoint traversal proofproof of concept · demonstrated
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