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Mautic allows Relative Path Traversal in assets file upload

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Feb 25, 2025 in mautic/mautic • Updated Oct 16, 2025

Package

composer mautic/core (Composer)

Affected versions

< 5.2.3

Patched versions

5.2.3

Description

Summary

This advisory addresses a file placement vulnerability that could allow assets to be uploaded to unintended directories on the server.

  • Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory: A vulnerability exists in the asset upload functionality that allows users to upload files to directories outside of the intended temporary directory.

Mitigation

Please update to 5.2.3 or later.

Workarounds

None

References

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory:

Email us at security@mautic.org

References

@RCheesley RCheesley published to mautic/mautic Feb 25, 2025
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Feb 26, 2025
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Feb 26, 2025
Reviewed Feb 26, 2025
Last updated Oct 16, 2025

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Low

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(28th percentile)

Weaknesses

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2022-25773

GHSA ID

GHSA-4w2w-36vm-c8hf

Source code

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