CVE-2025-27413mediumCWE-22

PwnDoc Arbitrary File Write to RCE using Path Traversal in template update from backup templates.json

13Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 6.5epss 1.2%

exploitation probability

1.2%top 34% of all CVEs

observed exploitation

nono source reports it

PwnDoc is a penetration test reporting application. Prior to version 1.2.0, the backup restore functionality allows an administrator to import raw data into the database, including Path Traversal (`../`) sequences. This is problematic for the template update functionality as it uses the path from the database to write arbitrary content to, potentially overwriting source code to achieve Remote Code Execution. Any user with the `backups:create`, `backups:update` and `templates:update` permissions (only administrators by default) can write arbitrary content to anywhere on the filesystem. By overwriting source code, it is possible to achieve Remote Code Execution. Version 1.2.0 fixes the issue.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Affected products

pwndoc · pwndoc

References

https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/14acb704891245bf1703ce6296d62112e85aa995/backend/src/models/template.js#L170-L175 https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/14acb704891245bf1703ce6296d62112e85aa995/backend/src/routes/backup.js#L826-L827 https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/blob/14acb704891245bf1703ce6296d62112e85aa995/backend/src/routes/template.js#L63-L66 https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/commit/68aa1ea676a91e17bfb333a27571151bd07fb21d https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/releases/tag/v1.2.0 https://github.com/pwndoc/pwndoc/security/advisories/GHSA-r3vj-47cf-4672