# CVE-2025-0049: Disclosure of sensitive information in an error message in GoAnywhere prior to version 7.8.0

> An attacker can obtain absolute server paths via error messages when attempting unauthorized file uploads, aiding in application mapping.

- **Severity:** Low 3.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Apr 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w7mr-p347-2rxr

## What is CVE-2025-0049?

CVE-2025-0049 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere, published on 28 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

When a Web User without Create permission on subfolders attempts to upload a file to a non-existent directory, the error message includes the absolute server path which may allow Fuzzing for application mapping.
This issue affects GoAnywhere: before 7.8.0.

Weakness: CWE-209 (Generation of Error Message Containing Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-0049?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fortra Goanywhere Managed File Transfer.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-0049?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-0049 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-0049 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Fortra GoAnywhere

- [CVE-2025-10035](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10035/): Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Deserialization of Untrusted Data (critical 10.0, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2023-0669](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0669/): Fortra GoAnywhere MFT Remote Code Execution (high 7.2, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2024-0204](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-0204/): Authentication Bypass in GoAnywhere MFT (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-14362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14362/): GoAnywhere MFT SFTP Service Login Vulnerable to Brute Force Attack Under Certain Circumstances (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2026-1089](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-1089/): User‑Controlled HTTP Header In Fortra's GoAnywhere MFT Allows Arbitrary DNS Lookups (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-0049 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-0049 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fortra GoAnywhere, published on 28 Apr 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-0049 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Fortra GoAnywhere. 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-2025-0049/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0049/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-0049
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-0049
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-0049

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-0049/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.