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High · 7.1 CVE-2025-24019 EUVD-2025-0129GHSA-43c9-gw4x-pcx6

YesWiki vulnerable to authenticated arbitrary file deletion

Published Jan 21, 2025 · Updated Feb 12, 2025 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

YesWiki is a wiki system written in PHP. In versions up to and including 4.4.5, it is possible for any authenticated user, through the use of the filemanager to delete any file owned by the user running the FastCGI Process Manager (FPM) on the host without any limitation on the filesystem's scope. This vulnerability allows any authenticated user to arbitrarily remove content from the Wiki resulting in partial loss of data and defacement/deterioration of the website. In the context of a container installation of YesWiki without any modification, the `yeswiki` files (for example .php) are not owned by the same user (root) as the one running the FPM process (www-data). However in a standard installation, www-data may also be the owner of the PHP files, allowing a malicious user to completely cut the access to the wiki by deleting all important PHP files (like index.php or core files of YesWiki). Version 4.5.0 contains a patch for this issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
YesWiki yeswiki < 4.5.0 —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist yeswiki/yeswiki < 4.5.0 4.5.0 GHSA-43c9-gw4x-pcx6

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