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title: "CVE-2025-54082: nova-tiptap has Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability"
url: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-54082/
description: "CVE-2025-54082 (marshmallow/nova-tiptap (Composer (PHP))): marshmallow-packages/nova-tiptap is a rich text editor for Laravel Nova based on tiptap. Prior to…"
type: vulnerability-record
section: "Security Digest"
date_published: 2025-07-21
date_modified: 2025-07-22
publisher: erroneo.us
author: erroneo.us Security Desk
cve: "CVE-2025-54082"
kev: false
cvss: 8.1
epss: 0.00907
license: All rights reserved. Quote with attribution and a link.
---

# CVE-2025-54082: nova-tiptap has Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload Vulnerability

**Signal:** Normal patch cycle. No exploitation signal; fix it in your next routine update if you are affected. (Computed from CISA KEV, EPSS and CVSS; not an editorial verdict.)

## Should you act?

- No confirmed exploitation. It is not in CISA’s KEV catalog and CISA’s SSVC assessment records no known exploitation. That can change quickly after a public write-up; re-check if you are affected.
- EPSS 0.9% , percentile 59: FIRST’s model estimates a 0.9% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 59% 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 marshmallow/nova-tiptap (Composer (PHP)) < 5.7.0, fixed in 5.7.0 ; manogi/nova-tiptap (Composer (PHP)) <= 3.2.6, no fixed version listed . Check your lockfile, including transitive dependencies.

## What it is

marshmallow-packages/nova-tiptap is a rich text editor for Laravel Nova based on tiptap. Prior to 5.7.0, a vulnerability was discovered in the marshmallow-packages/nova-tiptap Laravel Nova package that allows unauthenticated users to upload arbitrary files to any Laravel disk configured in the application. The vulnerability is due to missing authentication middleware (Nova and Nova.Auth) on the /nova-tiptap/api/file upload endpoint, the lack of validation on uploaded files (no MIME/type or extension restrictions), and the ability for an attacker to choose the disk parameter dynamically. This means an attacker can craft a custom form and send a POST request to /nova-tiptap/api/file, supplying a valid CSRF token, and upload executable or malicious files (e.g., .php, binaries) to public disks such as local, public, or s3. If a publicly accessible storage path is used (e.g. S3 with public access, or Laravel’s public disk), the attacker may gain the ability to execute or distribute arbitrary files — amounting to a potential Remote Code Execution (RCE) vector in some environments. This vulnerability was fixed in 5.7.0.

## Affected packages

- Composer (PHP) `marshmallow/nova-tiptap` < 5.7.0 → fixed: 5.7.0
- Composer (PHP) `manogi/nova-tiptap` <= 3.2.6 → fixed: none listed

## Affected products (CVE record)

- marshmallow-packages nova-tiptap: < 5.7.0

## Severity

- GitHub_M CVSS 4.0: 8.1 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U`
- GitHub CVSS 4.0: 9.3 `CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`

## Exploitation

- CISA KEV: not listed (no confirmed in-the-wild exploitation known to CISA).
- CISA SSVC assessment: exploitation none , automatable yes , technical impact total .
- FIRST EPSS (model of 2026-10-21): 0.91% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days; percentile 59.

## Sources

- [GitHub Advisory GHSA-96c2-h667-9fxp](https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-96c2-h667-9fxp)
- [CVE.org record CVE-2025-54082](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-54082)
- [NVD entry CVE-2025-54082](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-54082)
- [github.com](https://github.com/marshmallow-packages/nova-tiptap/security/advisories/GHSA-96c2-h667-9fxp)
- [github.com](https://github.com/marshmallow-packages/nova-tiptap/commit/fed42d2f8ebb9e3c74f1ee262c9db33567030756)

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Source page: https://erroneo.us/security/cve/CVE-2025-54082/ · Security Digest: https://erroneo.us/security/ · More: https://erroneo.us/llms.txt