{"id":57125,"date":"2025-07-04T07:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T07:21:58","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-08-07T11:16:29","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T17:16:29","slug":"cve-2025-49448-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-fw-food-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49448-critical-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-fw-food-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-49448: Critical Path Traversal Vulnerability in FW Food Menu<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The cybersecurity landscape is a minefield of potential threats and vulnerabilities, and one such vulnerability is the CVE-2025-49448. This vulnerability, identified as a &#8216;Path Traversal&#8217; type, is found in the software FW Food Menu developed by Fastw3b LLC. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49296-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-mikado-themes-grandprix\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63568\">Path Traversal vulnerabilities<\/a>, if exploited, can lead to unauthorized access to files and data, potentially allowing cybercriminals to uncover sensitive information or even gain control of the system. This particular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2015-0843-critical-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-yubiserver-before-version-0-6\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65144\">vulnerability affects all versions<\/a> of the FW Food Menu software up to and including 6.0.0, thus posing a significant risk to any organization that uses this version of the software.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-49448<br \/>\nSeverity: Critical (CVSS 8.6)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: None<br \/>\nUser Interaction: None<br \/>\nImpact: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6510-critical-vulnerability-in-netgear-ex6100-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63642\">Potential system<\/a> compromise and data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2873438499\" 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>FW Food Menu | Up to and including 6.0.0<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The CVE-2025-49448 exploit takes advantage of a flaw in the way FW Food Menu handles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-40737-critical-file-path-validation-vulnerability-in-sinec-nms\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"66612\">file and directory paths<\/a>. An attacker can manipulate the path input to move outside of the intended directory structure, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2023-20599-unauthorized-access-to-crypto-co-processor-registers-in-asp-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64240\">potentially accessing<\/a> sensitive files or directories. This is commonly achieved through the use of special sequences that represent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48817-exploiting-relative-path-traversal-in-remote-desktop-clients\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"92332\">relative path<\/a> navigation (such as &#8220;..\/&#8221; to move up one directory). If successful, the attacker could potentially access, modify, or delete sensitive files, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5866-critical-vulnerability-in-rt-thread-5-1-0-potentially-leading-to-system-compromise-or-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63821\">leading to system compromise or data<\/a> leakage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-51780321\" 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>Here is a conceptual example of a HTTP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48921-cross-site-request-forgery-vulnerability-in-drupal-open-social\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65022\">request that exploits the vulnerability<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">GET \/fw-food-menu\/?file=..\/..\/..\/etc\/passwd HTTP\/1.1\nHost: vulnerable-website.com<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>In this example, the `..\/..\/..\/etc\/passwd` part of the request is an attempt to navigate to the `etc\/passwd` file, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49256-critical-php-remote-file-inclusion-vulnerability-in-thembay-sapa\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63697\">critical file<\/a> in Linux-based systems that contains user account information. If the software is vulnerable, the server would return the content of this file, exposing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-6560-sapido-wireless-routers-exposure-of-sensitive-information-vulnerability\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64465\">sensitive information<\/a> to the attacker.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mitigation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-3319-an-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-ibm-spectrum-protect-server\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"64373\">protect against this vulnerability<\/a>, users of FW Food Menu should immediately apply the vendor-supplied patch. If a patch is not available or cannot be applied immediately, users should consider using a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or Intrusion Detection System (IDS) to detect and block <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49297-path-traversal-vulnerability-in-mikado-themes-grill-and-chow\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"63569\">path traversal<\/a> attempts as a temporary mitigation measure. Regularly updating and patching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-53277-critical-cross-site-request-forgery-csrf-vulnerability-in-infigo-software-is-theme-companion\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"65651\">software is a critical<\/a> component of maintaining a robust cybersecurity posture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The cybersecurity landscape is a minefield of potential threats and vulnerabilities, and one such vulnerability is the CVE-2025-49448. This vulnerability, identified as a &#8216;Path Traversal&#8217; type, is found in the software FW Food Menu developed by Fastw3b LLC. Path Traversal vulnerabilities, if exploited, can lead to unauthorized access to files and data, potentially allowing [&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":[88],"product":[],"attack_vector":[85],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-57125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","vendor-linux","attack_vector-directory-traversal"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57125","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=57125"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57125\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85555,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57125\/revisions\/85555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57125"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=57125"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=57125"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=57125"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=57125"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=57125"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=57125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}