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title: "CVE-2025-46001: simogeo/filemanager arbitrary file upload vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-46001/
description: "CVE-2025-46001 (simogeo/filemanager (Composer (PHP))): An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the isallowedfiletype() function of Filemanager v2.3.0…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-07-18
date_modified: 2025-07-23
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-46001"
kev: false
cvss: 9.8
epss: 0.00773
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
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# CVE-2025-46001: simogeo/filemanager arbitrary file upload vulnerability

**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 0.8% , percentile 55: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.8% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (moderate). 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 simogeo/filemanager (Composer (PHP)) < 2.5.0, no fixed version listed . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

An arbitrary file upload vulnerability in the isallowedfiletype() function of Filemanager v2.3.0 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via uploading a crafted PHP file.

## Affected packages

- Composer (PHP) `simogeo/filemanager` < 2.5.0 → fixed: none listed

## Affected products (CVE record)

- n/a n/a: see advisory

## Severity

- CISA-ADP CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
- GitHub CVSS 3.1: 9.8 `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`

## 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): 0.77% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 55.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-m5hw-rhvr-f47c](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-m5hw-rhvr-f47c)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-46001](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-46001)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-46001](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46001)
- [github.com](https://github.com/simogeo/Filemanager)
- [exploit-db.com](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38895)
- [github.com](https://github.com/zakumini/CVE-List/blob/main/CVE-2025-46001/CVE-2025-46001.md)

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