Path traversal in FileRise lets users write files outside storage root
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
FileRise by error311 is affected before 3.23.0. It has a path traversal flaw (CWE-22) because dot and parent directory segments in the folder input of the save file operation are not canonicalized before access control checks. An authenticated non-administrator user with inherited edit permission on an ancestor folder can create files outside the authorized folder, and outside the configured WebDAV root where backend credentials allow.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
Description from the CNA
FileRise is a self-hosted web-based file manager with multi-file upload, editing, and batch operations. In FileRise 3.22.0, the /api/file/saveFile.php operation accepts dot and dot-dot segments in its attacker-controlled folder input before ACL inheritance evaluates the uncanonicalized string. With an authenticated non-administrator session, a valid CSRF token, and inherited edit permission on a legitimate ancestor, the local filesystem or WebDAV adapter later resolves those segments as path navigation, permitting attacker-controlled file creation outside the authorized folder and, where backend credentials permit, outside the configured WebDAV root. Local storage also created directories before final containment validation and used a prefix comparison that accepted similarly named sibling roots. This issue is fixed in version 3.23.0.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
Upgrade FileRise to version 3.23.0, which fixes this issue.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-28
- Fix · CNA FileRise (error311) Fixed in 3.23.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-15 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104107
- 2026-10-15 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More error311 vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-74499 Unauthenticated file overwrite in FileRise via upload-enabled shares CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2026-25514 FileRise: Default Encryption Key Enables Token Forgery and Config Decryption CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
- TI-2025-41705 FileRise vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in SVG File Handling CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.9
- TI-2026-25513 FileRise: WebDAV upload path bypasses filename validation enforced by regular uploads CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2026-74495 WebDAV authentication in FileRise skips TOTP two-factor check CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
- TI-2026-74494 Authentication bypass in FileRise via spoofed reverse-proxy headers CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
Sources
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