CVE-2025-47788: Missing Path Validation Enables Path Traversal in Controller.php

9.4 CVSS

Description

Atheos is a self-hosted browser-based cloud IDE. Prior to v602, similar to GHSA-rgjm-6p59-537v/CVE-2025-22152, the `$target` parameter in `/controller.php` was not properly validated, which could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary files on the server via path traversal. v602 contains a fix for the issue.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-47788

CVSS Base Severity: CRITICAL

CVSS Base Score: 9.4

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H

Problem Types

CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') CWE-23: Relative Path Traversal

Affected Products

Vendor: Atheos

Product: Atheos

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.06% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 17.45% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-06 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-47788
https://github.com/Atheos/Atheos/security/advisories/GHSA-x9vw-6vfx-7rx5
https://github.com/Atheos/Atheos/commit/97fe76871578d2011ebe9281f3a005c5df85162b

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