# CVE-2022-25773: Relative Path Traversal in assets file upload

> Attackers can upload assets to unintended server directories via path traversal in Mautic, potentially modifying files outside the intended upload area.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Mar 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4w2w-36vm-c8hf

## What is CVE-2022-25773?

CVE-2022-25773 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in mautic/core, published on 26 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25773?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including mautic/core. It affects 1 product.


| Package | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `mautic/core` | Packagist | All versions | 5.2.3 |
| `mautic/core` | Packagist | All versions | 5.2.3 |

Products: Acquia Mautic.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-25773?

Upgrade mautic/core to 5.2.3 or later.

## Is CVE-2022-25773 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in mautic/core

- [CVE-2022-25772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25772/): Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in Mautic's tracking pixel functionality (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-35125](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35125/): Mautic is vulnerable to XSS vulnerability (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2020-35124](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35124/): XSS vulnerability leveraged through referrers could allow un-authorized admin access in Mautic (critical 9.6)
- [CVE-2024-47051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-47051/): Remote Code Execution & File Deletion in Asset Uploads (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2020-35128](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-35128/): Mautic stored Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (critical 9.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-25773 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-25773 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in mautic/core, published on 26 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25773 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected packages and fixed versions:
- mautic/core (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 5.2.3
- mautic/core (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 5.2.3

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-2022-25773/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25773/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25773
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25773
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25773

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25773/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.