# CVE-2025-4545: CTCMS Content Management System File Tpl.php del path traversal

> Remote attackers with permissions can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the file deletion function to read or modify arbitrary files.

- **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`)
- **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:** 11 May 2025
- **Updated:** 12 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rmhw-c537-9w76

## What is CVE-2025-4545?

CVE-2025-4545 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in CTCMS Content Management System, published on 11 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in CTCMS Content Management System 2.1.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function del of the file ctcms\apps\controllers\admin\Tpl.php of the component File Handler. The manipulation of the argument File leads to path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4545?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ctcms Project Ctcms.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-4545?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4545 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-4545 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4545 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in CTCMS Content Management System

- [CVE-2025-14731](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14731/): CTCMS Content Management System Frontend/Template Management CT_Parser.php special elements used in a template engine (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-14729](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14729/): CTCMS Content Management System Backend App Configuration Ct_App.php save code injection (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2025-14730](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14730/): CTCMS Content Management System Backend System Configuration Ct_Config.php code injection (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2024-1925](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1925/): Ctcms Upsys.php unrestricted upload (medium 5.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-4545 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-4545 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in CTCMS Content Management System, published on 11 May 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-2025-4545 exists.

Affected product: CTCMS Content Management System. 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-2025-4545/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4545/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-4545
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-4545
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-4545

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-4545/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.