CVE-2025-24886 pwn.college has Symlink LFI in Dojo repos
Attackers can exploit symlink checks in Dojo repositories to perform Local File Inclusion and read sensitive files from the server.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-24886?
CVE-2025-24886 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in pwncollege dojo, published on 30 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
pwn.college is an education platform to learn about, and practice, core cybersecurity concepts in a hands-on fashion. Incorrect symlink checks on user specified dojos allows for users (admin not required) to perform an LFI from the CTFd container. When a user clones or updates repositories, a check is performed to see if the repository had contained any symlinks. A malicious user could craft a repository with symlinks pointed to sensitive files and then retrieve them using the CTFd website.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-24886?
How do I fix CVE-2025-24886?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-24886 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-2025-24886 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-24886 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcq8-jqq5-9xmh.