# CVE-2025-11941: e107 CMS Avatar image.php path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the e107 CMS avatar handler to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/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:** 19 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h325-785f-vgxx

## What is CVE-2025-11941?

CVE-2025-11941 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in E107 E107, published on 19 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was detected in e107 CMS up to 2.3.3. This impacts an unknown function of the file /e107_admin/image.php?mode=main&action=avatar of the component Avatar Handler. Performing manipulation of the argument multiaction[] results in path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit is now public 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-2025-11941?

It affects 1 product.


Products: E107 E107.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-11941?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-11941 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-11941 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11941 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in E107 E107

- [CVE-2021-27885](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-27885/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2016-10753](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-10753/): Deserialization in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-15901](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15901/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-50916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50916/): e107 CMS v3.2.1 - Upload restriction bypass (Authenticated [Admin])+ Server file override (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2022-50907](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50907/): e107 CMS v3.2.1 - Admin Upload Restriction Bypass + RCE (high 8.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-11941 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-11941 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in E107 E107, published on 19 Oct 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-11941 exists.

Affected product: E107 E107. 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-2025-11941/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11941/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-11941
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-11941
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-11941

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11941/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.