# CVE-2025-46093: Privilege escalation in LiquidFiles

> Attackers can gain root privileges and execute arbitrary code by exploiting insecure FTP permissions and sudoers configuration in LiquidFiles.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x2r2-p764-47gc

## What is CVE-2025-46093?

CVE-2025-46093 is a critical vulnerability in LiquidFiles, published on 4 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

LiquidFiles before 4.1.2 supports FTP SITE CHMOD for mode 6777 (setuid and setgid), which allows FTPDrop users to execute arbitrary code as root by leveraging the Actionscript feature and the sudoers configuration.

Weakness: CWE-732 (Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46093?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Liquidfiles Liquidfiles.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-46093?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46093 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-46093 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-46093 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in LiquidFiles

- [CVE-2020-29071](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29071/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (critical 9.0)
- [CVE-2021-43397](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-43397/): LiquidFiles before 3.6.3 allows remote attackers to elevate their privileges from Admin (or User Admin) to Sysadmin. (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-56132](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56132/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.3)
- [CVE-2020-29072](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-29072/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2023-4393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4393/): HTML and SMTP Injection in LiquidFiles (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-46093 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-46093 is a critical vulnerability in LiquidFiles, published on 4 Aug 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-2025-46093 exists.

Affected product: LiquidFiles. 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-2025-46093/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46093/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46093
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46093
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-46093

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46093/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.