File Browser: Command Execution not Limited to Scope

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Summary

CVECVE-2025-52904
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerGitHub_M
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2025-06-26 19:15:21 UTC
Updated2026-06-09 11:16:46 UTC
DescriptionFile Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. In versions of the web application on the 2.x branch, all users have a scope assigned, and they only have access to the files within that scope. The Command Execution feature of Filebrowser allows the execution of shell commands which are not restricted to the scope, potentially giving an attacker read and write access to all files managed by the server. Until this issue is fixed, the maintainers recommend to completely disable `Execute commands` for all accounts. Since the command execution is an inherently dangerous feature that is not used by all deployments, it should be possible to completely disable it in the application's configuration. This feature has been disabled by default for all installations from v2.33.8 onwards, including for existent installations. To exploit this vulnerability, the instance administrator must turn on a feature and ignore all the warnings about known vulnerabilities.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.008850000 probability, percentile 0.543620000 (date 2026-06-15)

Problem Types: CWE-77 | CWE-77 CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Filebrowser Filebrowser 2.32.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Filebrowser Filebrowser affected >= 2.0.0, < 2.33.8 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/issues/5199 [email protected] github.com Issue Tracking
github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2025/SBA-ADV-20250326-01_F... [email protected] github.com
github.com/GoogleContainerTools/distroless [email protected] github.com Product
pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2025-3793 [email protected] pkg.go.dev
sloonz.github.io/posts/sandboxing-1 [email protected] sloonz.github.io Technical Description
github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-hc8f-m8g5-8362 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 github.com Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory
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