Vulnerability · CVE-2025-8450
Improper Access Control issue in the Workflow component of Fortra's FileCatalyst allows unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files via the order forms page.
Published Aug 19, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 29, 2025 · Fortra FileCatalyst
Last checked Oct 29, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8450. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Fortra FileCatalyst is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High8.2
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.28%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor Fortra FileCatalyst 5.1.6 ≤5.2.0 Build 80
Improper Access Control issue in the Workflow component of Fortra's FileCatalyst allows unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files via the order forms page.
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 Fortra FileCatalyst 5.1.6 ≤5.2.0 Build 805.1.6 ≤5.2.0 Build 80
How to fix CVE-2025-8450
No stored fix
No vendor fix text is stored. Use the linked advisory before you change production.
Version check
Seen in 5.1.6 ≤5.2.0 Build 80
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?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-8450. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Fortra FileCatalyst is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Fortra FileCatalyst 5.1.6 ≤5.2.0 Build 80 5.1.6 ≤5.2.0 Build 80. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.28%. There is no CISA KEV listing. 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.
No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 19, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
Improper Access Control issue in the Workflow component of Fortra's FileCatalyst allows unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files via the order forms page.
Aug 29, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
Improper Access Control issue in the Workflow component of Fortra's FileCatalyst allows unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files via the order forms page.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-8450
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-8450
30-day exploitation probability 0.28%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-25201
Improper Access Control issue in the Workflow component of Fortra's FileCatalyst allows unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files via the order forms page.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 29, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- FIRST EPSSOct 23, 2026
- CVE.orgOct 22, 2026
- EUVDOct 22, 2026