{"id":54012,"date":"2025-06-22T09:15:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T09:15:05","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-01T23:02:27","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T05:02:27","slug":"cve-2025-39473-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-webgeniuslab-seofy-core","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39473-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-webgeniuslab-seofy-core\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-39473: Path Traversal Vulnerability in WebGeniusLab Seofy Core<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape has once again been shaken by the revelation of a significant vulnerability in a widely adopted software. The specific software in question this time is WebGeniusLab&#8217;s Seofy Core, which has been found to contain a severe CVE-2025-39473 vulnerability. This issue is an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory, also known as a &#8216;Path Traversal&#8217; vulnerability, and it allows for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-28992-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-sns-anton-php-program\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60344\">PHP Local File Inclusion<\/a>. The vulnerability is of significant concern to all organizations and individuals that have deployed the affected versions of Seofy Core, as it may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5901-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-totolink-t10-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60532\">lead to potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-39473<br \/>\nSeverity: High (CVSS: 8.1)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40912-critical-vulnerability-in-cryptx-for-perl-allows-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60818\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-655149549\" 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: 700px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 8px;\">\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: 40px; height: 40px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    A new way to communicate\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 12px;\">\r\n    Ameeba Chat is built on encrypted identity, not personal profiles.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 16px;\">\r\n    Message, call, share files, and coordinate with identities kept separate.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 20px;\">\r\n    <li>\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Ameeba Chat authenticates access<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Aliases and categories<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, and files<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Secure notes for sensitive information<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px;\">\r\n    Private communication, rethought.\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: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Download Ameeba Chat<\/a>\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 6px; font-weight: 500;\">Learn More<\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>WebGeniusLab Seofy Core | Until 1.4.5<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-33053-a-critical-vulnerability-enabling-external-control-of-file-name-or-path-in-webdav\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60830\">Path Traversal&#8217; vulnerability<\/a> in Seofy Core. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4738-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-yirmibes-software-my-erp\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62883\">vulnerability occurs when the software<\/a> does not adequately restrict the ability to navigate the file system. As a result, an attacker can read or include files using a specially crafted request, leading to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-24768-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-snstheme-nitan\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60347\">PHP Local File Inclusion<\/a> (LFI). This means an attacker could potentially <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49136-critical-vulnerability-in-listmonk-allows-unauthorized-access-to-sensitive-environment-variables\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60375\">access sensitive<\/a> data or even execute malicious commands on the host system.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2456752461\" 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 how this vulnerability might be exploited. In this case, the malicious payload is a path <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2024-38824-critical-directory-traversal-vulnerability-exposing-system-files\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61201\">traversal string that attempts to access sensitive system<\/a> files.<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/index.php?page=..\/..\/..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: target.example.com\nContent-Type: application\/json<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the attacker is trying to traverse the file system to access the &#8216;\/etc\/passwd&#8217; file, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-4954-critical-file-upload-vulnerability-in-axle-demo-importer-wordpress-plugin\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"60712\">critical system file<\/a> that typically contains user account details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation Guidance<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The primary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-39486-rankie-sql-injection-vulnerability-and-mitigation-measures\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"62884\">mitigation method for this vulnerability<\/a> is to apply the vendor-released patch. WebGeniusLab has released a patch for Seofy Core that addresses this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48581-critical-security-flaw-allowing-local-privilege-escalation-in-mainline-installations\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"87143\">security flaw<\/a>. If the patch cannot be applied immediately, using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) can offer temporary mitigation. These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5978-critical-vulnerability-in-tenda-fh1202-1-2-0-14-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"61042\">systems can detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability<\/a>, thus providing a layer of protection until the patch can be applied.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape has once again been shaken by the revelation of a significant vulnerability in a widely adopted software. The specific software in question this time is WebGeniusLab&#8217;s Seofy Core, which has been found to contain a severe CVE-2025-39473 vulnerability. This issue is an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[85],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-54012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-directory-traversal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54012"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79987,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54012\/revisions\/79987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54012"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=54012"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=54012"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=54012"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=54012"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=54012"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=54012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}