# CVE-2025-54310: Path traversal in qBittorrent

> An attacker can access local files via crafted link URLs in qBittorrent, potentially exposing sensitive data to unauthorized users.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 22 Jul 2025
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2025-54310, GHSA-h568-mfp5-v835, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-54310

## What is CVE-2025-54310?

CVE-2025-54310 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in qBittorrent, published on 18 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

qBittorrent before 5.1.2 does not prevent access to a local file that is referenced in a link URL. This affects rsswidget.cpp and searchjobwidget.cpp.

Weakness: CWE-669 (Incorrect Resource Transfer Between Spheres)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-54310?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Qbittorrent Qbittorrent.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-54310?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

## Is CVE-2025-54310 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in qBittorrent

- [CVE-2023-30801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-30801/): qBittorrent Web UI Default Credentials Lead to RCE (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-13640](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13640/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-51774](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-51774/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2017-12778](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12778/): Auth bypass in n/a (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2017-6503](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6503/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-54310 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-54310 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in qBittorrent, published on 18 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-54310 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: qBittorrent. 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-2025-54310/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54310/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54310
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54310
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-54310

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-54310/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.