filebrowser up to 2.45.0 improper authorization

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in filebrowser up to 2.45.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to improper authorization. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-64523. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in filebrowser up to 2.45.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. Versions prior to 2.45.1 have an Insecure Direct Object Reference (IDOR) vulnerability in the FileBrowser application's share deletion functionality. This vulnerability allows any authenticated user with share permissions to delete other users' shared links without authorization checks. The impact is significant as malicious actors can disrupt business operations by systematically removing shared files and links. This leads to denial of service for legitimate users, potential data loss in collaborative environments, and breach of data confidentiality agreements. In organizational settings, this could affect critical file sharing for projects, presentations, or document collaboration. Version 2.45.1 contains a fix for the issue.

The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-64523 since 11/05/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1548.002.

Upgrading to version 2.45.1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 291223b3cefe1e50fae8f73d70464b1dc25351a4 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-150363). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Name

• filebrowser

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43
• 2.44
• 2.45.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/

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