CVE-2025-5964
M-Files Server vulnerability analysis and mitigation

Overview

A path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2025-5964) was discovered in M-Files Server's API endpoint affecting versions before 25.6.14925.0. The vulnerability was disclosed on June 15, 2025, and affects multiple versions of M-Files Server including versions before 25.2 LTS SR1 (25.2.14524.9) and 24.8 LTS SR4 (24.8.13981.16) (M-Files Advisory).

Technical details

The vulnerability is classified as a path traversal issue (CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory) that affects the API endpoint in M-Files Server. The severity is rated as HIGH with a CVSS 4.0 Base Score of 8.4 (CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/RE:M/U:Green) (M-Files Advisory).

Impact

The vulnerability allows an authenticated user to read files in the server, potentially exposing sensitive information. The high CVSS score indicates significant potential impact on system confidentiality and system integrity (M-Files Advisory).

Mitigation and workarounds

Users should upgrade to M-Files Server version 25.6.14925.0 or later to address this vulnerability. For LTS versions, updates are available in version 25.2 LTS SR1 (25.2.14524.9) and version 24.8 LTS SR4 (24.8.13981.16) (M-Files Advisory).

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