# CVE-2025-64176: ThinkDashboard: Arbitrary File Upload vulnerability in the Backup Import Feature

> Attackers can upload arbitrary files via the backup import feature, potentially leading to stored XSS or malware distribution.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 6 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 6 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jvmw-hg62-jr47

## What is CVE-2025-64176?

CVE-2025-64176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MatiasDesuu ThinkDashboard, published on 6 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ThinkDashboard is a self-hosted bookmark dashboard built with Go and vanilla JavaScript. In versions 0.6.7 and below, an attacker can upload any file they wish to the /data directory of the web application via the backup import feature. When importing a backup, an attacker can first choose a .zip file to bypass the client-side file-type verification. This could lead to stored XSS, or be used for other nefarious purposes such as malware distribution. This issue is fixed in version 0.6.8.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation), CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type), CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-64176?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Matiasdesuu Thinkdashboard.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-64176?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-64176 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-64176 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-64176 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in MatiasDesuu ThinkDashboard

- [CVE-2025-64177](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64177/): ThinkDashboard: Stored XSS in Dashboard via Malicious Bookmark (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-64327](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64327/): ThinkDashboard: Blind Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in /api/ping Endpoint (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-64176 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-64176 is a medium-severity vulnerability in MatiasDesuu ThinkDashboard, published on 6 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-64176 exists.

Affected product: MatiasDesuu ThinkDashboard. 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-2025-64176/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64176/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-64176
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-64176
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-64176

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-64176/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.