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CVE-2026-75594GHSA-9VX2-J98C-P72W

Kirby: Access to image files and limited access to JSON files outside of the site root via path traversal in the media handling

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 4.9.5, 5.5.2
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.5 and 5.5.2, depending on the release line, Kirby's media handler in src/Cms/Media.php allowed Kirby\Cms\Media::thumb() to append a path-bearing filename to a validated parent media directory. On nginx, PHP's built-in server, or Apache with AllowEncodedSlashes enabled, a remote attacker could submit encoded slash characters such as %2f in the filename and traverse outside the parent's media directory. Differences between responses for existing and nonexistent thumbnail configurations disclosed whether an arbitrary .json file existed, and a .json file containing a valid filename key could cause the referenced image to be returned and the job file to be deleted. The related file::version path in src/Filesystem/Asset.php also accepted ../ sequences outside the intended index root. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.5 and 5.5.2.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • getkirby kirby

    fixed in 4.9.5; From 5.0.0 · fixed in 5.5.2

  • getkirby/cmsPackagist

    fixed in 4.9.5

  • getkirby/cmsPackagist

    From 5.0.0 · fixed in 5.5.2

References 7

GitHub · getkirby/kirby