Docmost: Avatar URL path traversal in avatar cleanup leads to arbitrary local file deletion
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Docmost is open-source collaborative wiki and documentation software. Prior to 0.80.1, authenticated users can store attacker-controlled avatarUrl values that are later reused by avatar cleanup without confinement to the intended directory on local-storage deployments. A low-privileged user can cause deletion of arbitrary local files or directories reachable by the Docmost service account. This issue is fixed in version 0.80.1.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA docmost (docmost) Fixed in 0.80.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-48070
- 2026-10-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More docmost vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-17859 Docmost affected by an Arbitrary File Write via Zip Import Feature (ZipSlip) CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-19373 Docmost Affected by Stored XSS in Public Share Page CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3
- TI-2025-35043 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in docmost v.0.21.0 and before allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2026-35513 Docmost: Public image fileName path traversal leads to unauthorized local file read CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2026-46906 Docmost: Unbounded ZIP decompression (zip-bomb) in page import allows denial of service CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
- TI-2026-19029 Docmost is vulnerable to stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) through Mermaid rendering CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.3
Sources
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