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title: "CVE-2025-24786: WhoDB has a path traversal opening Sqlite3 database"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-24786/
description: "CVE-2025-24786 (github.com/clidey/whodb/core (Go)): WhoDB is an open source database management tool. While the application only displays Sqlite3 databases…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-02-06
date_modified: 2025-02-07
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-24786"
kev: false
cvss: 10
epss: 0.02728
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-24786: WhoDB has a path traversal opening Sqlite3 database

**Signal:** Critical and remotely reachable. No known exploitation yet, but it is network-reachable without credentials. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- Not in CISA KEV , but CISA’s SSVC assessment records a public proof-of-concept, so attack code exists.
- EPSS 2.7% , percentile 86: FIRST’s model estimates a 2.7% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (elevated). EPSS is a probability, not a verdict.
- Remotely reachable with no login and no user interaction. If the vulnerable service is exposed to the internet, prioritize it.
- Only applies if your dependency tree includes github.com/clidey/whodb/core (Go) < 0.0.0-20250127172032-547336ac73c8, fixed in 0.0.0-20250127172032-547336ac73c8 . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

WhoDB is an open source database management tool. While the application only displays Sqlite3 databases present in the directory /db, there is no path traversal prevention in place. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to open any Sqlite3 database present on the host machine that the application is running on. Affected versions of WhoDB allow users to connect to Sqlite3 databases. By default, the databases must be present in /db/ (or alternatively ./tmp/ if development mode is enabled). If no databases are present in the default directory, the UI indicates that the user is unable to open any databases. The database file is an user-controlled value. This value is used in .Join() with the default directory, in order to get the full path of the database file to open. No checks are performed whether the database file that is eventually opened actually resides in the default directory /db. This allows an attacker to use path traversal (../../) in order to open any Sqlite3 database present on the system. This issue has been addressed in version 0.45.0 and all users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## Affected packages

- Go `github.com/clidey/whodb/core` < 0.0.0-20250127172032-547336ac73c8 → fixed: 0.0.0-20250127172032-547336ac73c8

## Affected products (CVE record)

- clidey whodb: < 0.45.0

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 3.1: 10 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 10.0 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation poc , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 2.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 86.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-9r4c-jwx3-3j76](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9r4c-jwx3-3j76)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-24786](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-24786)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-24786](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-24786)
- [github.com](https://github.com/clidey/whodb/security/advisories/GHSA-9r4c-jwx3-3j76)
- [github.com](https://github.com/clidey/whodb/blob/ba6eb81d0ca40baead74bca58b2567166999d6a6/core/src/plugins/sqlite3/db.go#L14-L20)
- [github.com](https://github.com/clidey/whodb/blob/ba6eb81d0ca40baead74bca58b2567166999d6a6/core/src/plugins/sqlite3/db.go#L26)
- [github.com](https://github.com/clidey/whodb/commit/547336ac73c8d17929c18c3941c0d5b0099753cc)

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