# CVE-2025-52996: File Browser's Password Protection of Links Vulnerable to Bypass

- Also known as: GHSA-3V48-283X-F2W4, GO-2025-3790
- Severity: CVSS 3.1 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-30 · Updated: 2025-08-04

## Affected

- filebrowser: through 2.32.0
- github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2 (Go): through 2.42.1
- github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser (Go): through 1.11.0
- github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser (Go): all versions
- github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2 (Go): all versions

## Description

File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. In versions 2.32.0 and prior, the implementation of password protected links is error-prone, resulting in potential unprotected sharing of a file through a direct download link. This link can either be shared unknowingly by a user or discovered from various locations such as the browser history or the log of a proxy server used. At time of publication, no known patched versions are available.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on filebrowser, github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/v2, github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/security/advisories/GHSA-3v48-283x-f2w4
- https://github.com/filebrowser/filebrowser/issues/5239
- https://github.com/sbaresearch/advisories/tree/public/2025/SBA-ADV-20250327-02_Filebrowser_Password_Protection_Of_Links_Bypassable

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