# CVE-2025-15138: prasathmani TinyFileManager tinyfilemanager.php path traversal

> Attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in TinyFileManager to read or modify arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 29 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9794-w62c-pf6f

## What is CVE-2025-15138?

CVE-2025-15138 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in prasathmani TinyFileManager, published on 28 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw has been found in prasathmani TinyFileManager up to 2.6. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file tinyfilemanager.php. This manipulation of the argument fullpath causes path traversal. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The exploit has been published 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-2025-15138?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Prasathmani Tiny File Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-15138?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-15138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-15138 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-15138 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in prasathmani TinyFileManager

- [CVE-2022-40916](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-40916/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-45476](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45476/): File upload in Tiny File Manager (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-23044](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-23044/): Cross-site request forgery in Tiny File Manager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-1000](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1000/): Path Traversal in prasathmani/tinyfilemanager (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-45010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-45010/): Path traversal in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-15138 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-15138 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in prasathmani TinyFileManager, published on 28 Dec 2025. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-15138 exists.

Affected product: prasathmani TinyFileManager. 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-2025-15138/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15138/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-15138
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15138
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-15138

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-15138/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.