CVE-2025-8050 External Control of File vulnerability has been discovered in opentext Flipper.
An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in OpenText Flipper to access unauthorized files hosted on the server.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-8050?
CVE-2025-8050 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in opentext Flipper, published on 21 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 access files hosted on the server.
This issue affects Flipper: 3.1.2.
Weakness: CWE-73
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8050?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Opentext Flipper.
How do I fix CVE-2025-8050?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8050 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2025-8050 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-8050 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in opentext Flipper
- CVE-2025-8048 External Control of File path vulnerability has been discovered on Openext Flipper.
- CVE-2025-8051 Path traversal validation vulnerability has been discovered in opentext Flipper.
- CVE-2025-8049 Insufficient Access Control vulnerability has been discovered in OpenText Flipper.
- CVE-2025-8052 HQL Injection vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper.
- CVE-2025-8053 Insufficient access control vulnerability has been discovered in Opentext Flipper.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v8v2-828x-v4vq.