# CVE-2025-41035: Path Traversal vulnerability in appRain CMF

> Authenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in appRain CMF to download arbitrary files from the server, bypassing security restrictions.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **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:** 4 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 4 Sep 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w4h7-75xh-3v83

## What is CVE-2025-41035?

CVE-2025-41035 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in appRain CMF, published on 4 Sep 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A problem has been discovered in appRain CMF 4.0.5. An authenticated Path Traversal vulnerability in /apprain/common/download/ allows remote users to bypass the intended SecurityManager restrictions and download any file if they have adequate permissions outside the document root configured on the server via the base64 path after /download/.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-41035?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apprain Apprain.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-41035?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-41035 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-41035 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-41035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in appRain CMF

- [CVE-2025-41032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41032/): SQL injection vulnerability in appRain CMF (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-41033](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41033/): SQL injection vulnerability in appRain CMF (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2025-41034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41034/): SQL injection vulnerability in appRain CMF (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2024-58279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-58279/): appRain CMF 4.0.5 Authenticated Remote Code Execution via Filemanager Upload (high 8.6)
- [CVE-2013-6058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6058/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-41035 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-41035 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in appRain CMF, published on 4 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-2025-41035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: appRain CMF. 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-2025-41035/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41035/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-41035
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-41035
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-41035

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-41035/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.