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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-57231

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Sep 10, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 25, 2026 · Docmost

Last checked Oct 26, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Patch now

CVE-2025-57231 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Docmost against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
High7.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
1.73%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor docmost Docmost · vendor n/a n/a

Path Traversal in avatar attachments in Docmost v0.21.0 allows an unauthenticated malicious actor to disclose local files via a POST Request in a public url. VulnCheck canary evidence.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor docmost Docmostversion unspecified
  • vendor n/a n/aversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2025-57231

  • Vendor action

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  • Version check

    No version range is stored, so an installed version cannot be checked on this page.

  • Advisory

    Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2025-57231 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Docmost against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.73%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 25, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Path Traversal in avatar attachments in Docmost v0.21.0 allows an unauthenticated malicious actor to disclose local files via a POST Request in a public url. VulnCheck canary evidence.

  2. Oct 25, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-57231

    Path Traversal in avatar attachments in Docmost v0.21.0 allows an unauthenticated malicious actor to disclose local files via a POST Request in a public url.

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-57231

    30-day exploitation probability 1.73%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2025-57231

    Path Traversal in avatar attachments in Docmost v0.21.0 allows an unauthenticated malicious actor to disclose local files via a POST Request in a public url.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 25, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • VulnCheck KEVOct 26, 2026
  • FIRST EPSSOct 25, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 25, 2026