CVE-2025-25223 Path traversal in The LuxCal Web Calendar

Medium 5.8 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in dloader.php to read arbitrary files from the server hosting LuxCal Web Calendar.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-25223?

CVE-2025-25223 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in LuxSoft The LuxCal Web Calendar, published on 18 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The LuxCal Web Calendar prior to 5.3.3M (MySQL version) and prior to 5.3.3L (SQLite version) contains a path traversal vulnerability in dloader.php. If this vulnerability is exploited, arbitrary files on a server may be obtained.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-25223?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Luxsoft Luxcal Web Calendar.

How do I fix CVE-2025-25223?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-25223 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-2025-25223 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-25223 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w5f3-mp44-xpmq.

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