# CVE-2025-10233: kalcaddle kodbox editor.class.php fileSave path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit path traversal in kodbox to read or modify arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **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:** 10 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-xj93-7p7p-ffqh

## What is CVE-2025-10233?

CVE-2025-10233 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in kalcaddle kodbox, published on 10 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A security vulnerability has been detected in kalcaddle kodbox 1.61. This affects the function fileGet/fileSave of the file app/controller/explorer/editor.class.php. The manipulation of the argument path leads to path traversal. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-10233?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Kodcloud Kodbox.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-10233?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-10233 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-10233 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-10233 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in kalcaddle kodbox

- [CVE-2023-39691](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-39691/): Missing authorization in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-48028](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48028/): Information disclosure in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-29790](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29790/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-6848](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6848/): kalcaddle kodbox index.class.php check command injection (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2023-6849](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6849/): kalcaddle kodbox app.php cover server-side request forgery (high 7.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-10233 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-10233 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in kalcaddle kodbox, published on 10 Sep 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-2025-10233 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: kalcaddle kodbox. 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-2025-10233/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10233/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-10233
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-10233
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-10233

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10233/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.