# CVE-2025-8048: External Control of File path vulnerability has been discovered on Openext Flipper.

> An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in OpenText Flipper to download arbitrary files from the system by manipulating stored document IDs.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/S:P/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Green`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 20 Oct 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-77vp-2488-vmf6

## What is CVE-2025-8048?

CVE-2025-8048 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in opentext Flipper, published on 20 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability in opentext Flipper allows Path Traversal. The vulnerability could allow a user to submit a stored local file
path and then download the specified file from the system by requesting the
stored document ID.

This issue affects Flipper: 3.1.2.

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8048?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Opentext Flipper.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8048?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8048 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8048 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in opentext Flipper

- [CVE-2025-8050](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8050/): External Control of File vulnerability has been discovered in opentext Flipper. (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-8051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8051/): Path traversal validation vulnerability has been discovered in opentext Flipper. (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-8049](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8049/): Insufficient Access Control vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText Flipper. (low 2.3)
- [CVE-2025-8052](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8052/): HQL Injection vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper. (low 1.0)
- [CVE-2025-8053](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8053/): Insufficient access control vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper. (low 1.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8048 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8048 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in opentext Flipper, published on 20 Oct 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8048 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: opentext Flipper. 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-2025-8048/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8048/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8048
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8048
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8048

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8048/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.