CVE-2025-57231
Path Traversal in avatar attachments in Docmost v0.21.0 allows an unauthenticated malicious actor to disclose local files via a POST Request in a public url.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.73%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Path Traversal in avatar attachments in Docmost v0.21.0 allows an unauthenticated malicious actor to disclose local files via a POST Request in a public url.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.73% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://github.com/docmost/docmost/blob/0bd7ecb9b03a74e9a5e3f97b6457b82371c5ceb2/apps/server/src/core/attachment/attachment.controller.ts#L345
- https://www.artresilia.com/docmost-v0-21-0-cve-2025-57231-unauthenticated-file-path-traversal/
- https://www.artresilia.com/docmost-v0-21-0-cve-2025-57231-unauthenticated-file-path-traversal/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.