# CVE-2025-8433: code-projects Document Management System dell.php unlink path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in the unlink function to delete arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gjwj-2jpg-rvfj

## What is CVE-2025-8433?

CVE-2025-8433 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in code-projects Document Management System, published on 1 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in code-projects Document Management System 1.0 and classified as critical. This issue affects the function unlink of the file /dell.php. The manipulation of the argument ID leads to path traversal. The attack may be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-8433?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fabian Document Management System.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8433?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8433 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8433 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8433 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in code-projects Document Management System

- [CVE-2025-56289](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-56289/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2025-8171](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8171/): code-projects Document Management System insert.php unrestricted upload (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8433 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8433 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in code-projects Document Management System, published on 1 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8433 exists.

Affected product: code-projects Document Management System. 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-2025-8433/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8433/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8433
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8433
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8433

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8433/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.