# CVE-2025-62158: Frappe had attachments made by students to their assignments of type Text set to public

> Attackers can access student assignment attachments without authentication because files were stored publicly, exposing sensitive data.

- **Severity:** Low 2.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 10 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h6fh-7f24-f2j5

## What is CVE-2025-62158?

CVE-2025-62158 is a low-severity vulnerability in frappe lms, published on 10 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Frappe Learning is a learning system that helps users structure their content. In versions prior to 2.38.0, the system did stored the attachments uploaded by the students in their assignments as public files. This issue potentially exposed student-uploaded files to the public. Anyone with the file URL could access these files without authentication. The issue has been fixed in version 2.38.0 by ensuring all student-uploaded assignment attachments are stored as private files by default.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-62158?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Frappe Learning.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-62158?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-62158 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-62158 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-62158 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2023-5555](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5555/): Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Generic in frappe/lms (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2026-34606](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-34606/): Stored XSS in Frappe LMS (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2026-26977](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-26977/): Frappe Learning Management System exposes details of unpublished courses to unauthorized users (medium 6.9)
- [CVE-2025-11280](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-11280/): Frappe LMS Assignment Picture files direct request (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-42807](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-42807/): Frappe LMS SQL Injection Issue on People Page (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-62158 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-62158 is a low-severity vulnerability in frappe lms, published on 10 Oct 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-2025-62158 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: frappe lms. 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-2025-62158/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62158/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-62158
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62158
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62158

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-62158/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.