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Arbitrary file access in KodExplorer

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Kodexplorer is a chinese language web based file manager and browser based code editor. Versions prior to 4.50 did not prevent unauthenticated users from requesting arbitrary files from the host OS file system. As a result any files available to the host process may be accessed by arbitrary users. This issue has been addressed in version 4.50. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2022-46154
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 19:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Arbitrary file access in KodExplorer

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Dec 2022, 18:08 UTC

Kodexplorer is a chinese language web based file manager and browser based code editor. Versions prior to 4.50 did not prevent unauthenticated users from requesting arbitrary files from the host OS file system. As a result any files available to the host process may be accessed by arbitrary users. This issue has been addressed in version 4.50. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

osv:CVE-2022-46154
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-46154",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Arbitrary file access in KodExplorer",
    "summary": "Kodexplorer is a chinese language web based file manager and browser based code editor. Versions prior to 4.50 did not prevent unauthenticated users from requesting arbitrary files from the host OS file system. As a result any files available to the host process may be accessed by arbitrary users. This issue has been addressed in version 4.50. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this issue.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-46154",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2022-46154",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2022-46154",
        "GHSA-6f8p-4w5q-j5j2"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/kalcaddle/kodexplorer",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "1f7072c0e12150686f10ee8cda82c004f04be98c"
                }
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                    "strategy": "StringRangeExpression"
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:kodcloud:kodexplorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "4.48.02",
            "4.48.01",
            "4.47",
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            "v4.45",
            "4.45",
            "4.39",
            "4.38",
            "4.36",
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            "4.24",
            "4.23",
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            "3.34",
            "3.23",
            "3.22",
            "3.21",
            "3.1",
            "2.61"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:38.765333502Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/46xxx/CVE-2022-46154.json",
        "https://github.com/kalcaddle/KodExplorer/security/advisories/GHSA-6f8p-4w5q-j5j2",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-46154",
        "https://github.com/kalcaddle/KodExplorer/commit/1f7072c0e12150686f10ee8cda82c004f04be98c"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
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        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
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      }
    },
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 506092,
  "published_at": "2022-12-06T18:08:27.757+00:00"
}