Vulnerability · Published Jun 30, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2025-52997File Browser Insecurely Handles Passwords

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in filebrowser from filebrowser. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 46% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 54.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. Prior to version 2.34.1, a missing password policy and brute-force protection makes the authentication process insecure. Attackers could mount a brute-force attack to retrieve the passwords of all accounts in a given instance. This issue has been patched in version 2.34.1.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
Go	github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser	no fix listed	GHSA-cm2r-rg7r-p7gg
Go	github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser	no fix listed	GO-2025-3792
Go	github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2	2.34.1	GHSA-cm2r-rg7r-p7gg
Go	github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2	2.34.1	GO-2025-3792

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
filebrowser	filebrowser	< 2.34.1

Weakness: CWE-307, CWE-521, CWE-1392 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-cm2r-rg7r-p7gg x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/commit/bf37f88c32222ad9c186482bb97338a9c9b4a93c x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2025/SBA-ADV-20250327-01_Filebrowser_Insecure_Password_Handling x_refsource_MISC