Medium
File Browser Insecurely Handles Passwords
Type: advisorySources: OSV
File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. Prior to version 2.34.1, a missing password policy and brute-force protection makes the authentication process insecure. Attackers could mount a brute-force attack to retrieve the passwords of all accounts in a given instance. This issue has been patched in version 2.34.1.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-52997
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 6 Nov 2026, 01:58 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
File Browser provides a file managing interface within a specified directory and it can be used to upload, delete, preview, rename and edit files. Prior to version 2.34.1, a missing password policy and brute-force protection makes the authentication process insecure. Attackers could mount a brute-force attack to retrieve the passwords of all accounts in a given instance. This issue has been patched in version 2.34.1.
osv:CVE-2025-52997
Complete source record
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"modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:46.014941814Z",
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