VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2025-24886

Incorrect symlink checks on user specified dojos allows for users (admin not required) to perform an LFI from the CTFd container.

HIGH 7.7EPSS 0.47%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

pwn.college is an education platform to learn about, and practice, core cybersecurity concepts in a hands-on fashion. Incorrect symlink checks on user specified dojos allows for users (admin not required) to perform an LFI from the CTFd container. When a user clones or updates repositories, a check is performed to see if the repository had contained any symlinks. A malicious user could craft a repository with symlinks pointed to sensitive files and then retrieve them using the CTFd website.

CVSS 3.1: 7.7 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS: 0.47% probability · 39th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-61, CWE-200
Source: security-advisories@github.com

References

https://github.com/pwncollege/dojo/security/advisories/GHSA-fcq8-jqq5-9xmh

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.