# CVE-2025-5180: Wondershare Filmora Installer NFWCHK.exe uncontrolled search path

> Local attackers can exploit an uncontrolled search path in the Filmora installer to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 May 2025
- **Updated:** 28 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jv59-53f5-37p7

## What is CVE-2025-5180?

CVE-2025-5180 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Wondershare Filmora, published on 26 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Wondershare Filmora 14.5.16. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library CRYPTBASE.dll of the file NFWCHK.exe of the component Installer. The manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. Attacking locally is a requirement. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Weakness: CWE-427 (Uncontrolled Search Path Element), CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-5180?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wondershare Filmora.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-5180?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-5180 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-5180 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5180 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Wondershare Filmora

- [CVE-2020-23438](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-23438/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2024-26574](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-26574/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-31747](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-31747/): Privilege escalation in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2023-27760](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-27760/): Command injection in n/a (high 7.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-5180 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-5180 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Wondershare Filmora, published on 26 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-5180 exists.

Affected product: Wondershare Filmora. 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-2025-5180/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5180/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-5180
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-5180
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-5180

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5180/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.