# CVE-2025-8753: linlinjava litemall File delete path traversal

> Remote attackers with permissions can delete arbitrary files via path traversal in the admin storage delete function.

- **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:** 9 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-m79g-crvq-57hp

## What is CVE-2025-8753?

CVE-2025-8753 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in linlinjava litemall, published on 9 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in linlinjava litemall up to 1.8.0. Affected by this issue is the function delete of the file /admin/storage/delete of the component File Handler. The manipulation of the argument key leads to path traversal. The attack may be launched 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-2025-8753?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linlinjava Litemall.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-8753?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-8753 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-8753 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2025-8753 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in linlinjava litemall

- [CVE-2018-18434](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-18434/): Path traversal in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2024-24323](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24323/): SQL injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-46382](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-46382/): SQL injection in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-8974](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8974/): linlinjava litemall JSON Web Token JwtHelper.java hard-coded credentials (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2025-10291](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-10291/): linlinjava litemall cancel WxAftersaleController improper authorization (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-8753 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-8753 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in linlinjava litemall, published on 9 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-2025-8753 exists.

Affected product: linlinjava litemall. 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-2025-8753/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8753/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-8753
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-8753
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-8753

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-8753/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.