Cyber Resilience

CVE-2025-52901

MediumPublic PoC

Published: 30 June 2025

Published
30 June 2025
Modified
04 August 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 4.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0035 57.8th percentile
Risk Priority 9 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2025-52901 is a medium-severity Use of HTTP Request With Sensitive Query String (CWE-598) vulnerability in Filebrowser Filebrowser. Its CVSS base score is 4.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked in the top 42.2% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

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 2.33.9, access tokens are used as GET parameters. The JSON Web Token (JWT)…

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which is used as a session identifier will get leaked to anyone having access to the URLs accessed by the user. This will give an attacker full access to a user's account and, in consequence, to all sensitive files the user has access to. This issue has been patched in version 2.33.9.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

filebrowser
filebrowser
≤ 2.33.0

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-598

Protects sensitive data placed in query strings from interception in transit when confidentiality controls like HTTPS are enforced.

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