CVE-2025-4868 merikbest ecommerce-spring-reactjs File Upload Endpoint admin path traversal
Attackers with admin permissions can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the file upload endpoint to read or modify arbitrary files.
- 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-2025-4868?
CVE-2025-4868 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in merikbest ecommerce-spring-reactjs, published on 18 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 merikbest ecommerce-spring-reactjs up to 464e610bb11cc2619cf6ce8212ccc2d1fd4277fd. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file /api/v1/admin/ of the component File Upload Endpoint. The manipulation of the argument filename leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Continious delivery with rolling releases is used by this product. Therefore, no version details of affected nor updated releases are available.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-4868?
How do I fix CVE-2025-4868?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-4868 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-2025-4868 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-4868 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wgg4-4x3x-c77c.