{"id":34039,"date":"2025-05-01T11:32:50","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T11:32:50","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-11-02T02:09:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T08:09:48","slug":"cve-2025-39470-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-thimpress-ivy-school-leading-to-php-local-file-inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39470-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-thimpress-ivy-school-leading-to-php-local-file-inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-39470: Path Traversal Vulnerability in ThimPress Ivy School Leading to PHP Local File Inclusion<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A security vulnerability, CVE-2025-39470, has been identified in ThimPress Ivy School. This vulnerability exposes the system to path traversal attacks, where an attacker can manipulate a URL in such a way that it leads to file inclusion from local or external resources. The impact of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/yale-new-haven-health-system-data-breach-a-comprehensive-analysis-of-a-cybersecurity-breach-impacting-5-5-million-patients\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39057\">vulnerability<\/a> is significant as it could potentially allow an attacker to compromise the system or leak sensitive data.<br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-7224-openvpn-connect-vulnerability-in-macos-versions-3-0-to-3-4-6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41200\">vulnerability affects all versions<\/a> of ThimPress Ivy School up to version 1.6.0. This is a matter of serious concern for all ThimPress Ivy School users, as the exploitation of this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32843-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-authorization-bypass-and-data-manipulation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39056\">vulnerability can lead<\/a> to unauthorized access to sensitive information and even complete system compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-39470<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32849-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leads-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39105\">Potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2851916806\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>ThimPress Ivy School | Up to 1.6.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The vulnerability stems from the application&#8217;s failure to properly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-31234-input-sanitization-flaw-leading-to-system-termination-and-kernel-memory-corruption\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"47869\">sanitize user-supplied input<\/a>. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3200-unauthenticated-remote-attacker-exploiting-insecure-tls-protocols\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"40809\">attacker can exploit<\/a> this by using a series of &#8216;..&#8217; characters in the URL to traverse the directory structure and include files from outside the intended directory. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary PHP code within the context of the application, which can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-32857-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-telecontrol-server-basic-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"39749\">lead to complete system<\/a> compromise.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-999598284\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Below is a conceptual example of a malicious HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-1305-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-newsblogger-wordpress-theme\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"42556\">request that an attacker could use to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/thimpress_ivy_school\/..\/..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>This request would cause the server to return the contents of the &#8216;\/etc\/passwd&#8217; file, which could reveal sensitive information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-45949-phpgurukul-user-management-system-session-hijacking-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41159\">system&#8217;s users<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Users are advised to apply the vendor patch as soon as it is available. In the meantime, a web application firewall (WAF) or intrusion detection system (IDS) can be used to detect and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-35989-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-gtkwave-s-lxt2-zlib-block-allocation\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"41974\">block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>. Also, it is recommended to restrict <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-37103-hard-coded-login-credentials-vulnerability-in-hpe-networking-instant-on-access-points\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92145\">access to the application to trusted networks<\/a> until the patch has been applied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview A security vulnerability, CVE-2025-39470, has been identified in ThimPress Ivy School. This vulnerability exposes the system to path traversal attacks, where an attacker can manipulate a URL in such a way that it leads to file inclusion from local or external resources. 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