CVE-2024-8898 Path Traversal in parisneo/lollms-webui

What is CVE-2024-8898?

CVE-2024-8898 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in parisneo/lollms-webui, published on 20 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the `install` and `uninstall` API endpoints of parisneo/lollms-webui version V12 (Strawberry). This vulnerability allows attackers to create or delete directories with arbitrary paths on the system. The issue arises due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied input, which can be exploited to traverse directories outside the intended path.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-8898?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Lollms Lollms Web Ui.

How do I fix CVE-2024-8898?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-8898 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2024-8898 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-8898 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in parisneo/lollms-webui

• CVE-2024-2359 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command in parisneo/lollms-webui Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-2360 Path Traversal leading to Remote Code Execution in parisneo/lollms-webui Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-4320 Remote Code Execution due to LFI in '/install_extension' in parisneo/lollms-webui Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-2358 Path Traversal leading to Remote Code Execution in parisneo/lollms-webui Critical 9.8
• CVE-2024-4326 Remote Code Execution via `/apply_settings` and `/execute_code` in parisneo/lollms-webui Critical 9.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-hq38-64gm-3w2c.