# CVE-2020-25838: Information disclosure in Filr

> Attackers can exploit this vulnerability in Micro Focus Filr to disclose unauthorized sensitive information.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Dec 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r295-fpcq-rg99

## What is CVE-2020-25838?

CVE-2020-25838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Filr, published on 11 Dec 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Unauthorized disclosure of sensitive information vulnerability in Micro Focus Filr product. Affecting all 3.x and 4.x versions. The vulnerability could be exploited to disclose unauthorized sensitive information.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25838?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Microfocus Filr.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-25838?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25838 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-25838 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25838 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Filr

- [CVE-2019-3475](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3475/): Local privilege escalation in Filr famtd (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-32268](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-32268/): Administrator equivalent Filr user can access proxy administrator credentials (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2019-3474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3474/): Path traversal vulnerability in Filr web application (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-25832](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25832/): Cross-site scripting in Filr (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2022-38755](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-38755/): Filr Remote unauthenticated user enumeration for versions prior to 4.3.1.1 (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-25838 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-25838 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Filr, published on 11 Dec 2020. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25838 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Filr. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25838/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25838/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25838
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25838
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25838

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25838/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.