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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2024-25153 EUVD-2024-22491GHSA-4cvq-vvgx-cv87

Remote Code Execution in FileCatalyst Workflow 5.x prior to 5.1.6 Build 114

Published Mar 13, 2024 · Updated Sep 19, 2025 · Assigned by Fortra

Description

A directory traversal within the ‘ftpservlet’ of the FileCatalyst Workflow Web Portal allows files to be uploaded outside of the intended ‘uploadtemp’ directory with a specially crafted POST request. In situations where a file is successfully uploaded to web portal’s DocumentRoot, specially crafted JSP files could be used to execute code, including web shells.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Fortra FileCatalyst 5.1.4 – < 5.1.6 5.1.6

Public exploits

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GitHub 2 repositories

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