CVE-2025-49448
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedImproper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Fastw3b LLC FW Food Menu allows Path Traversal. This issue affects FW Food Menu : from n/a through 6.0.0.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is a path traversal vulnerability in FW Food Menu that allows attackers to access files outside the restricted directory by manipulating file paths with '..' sequences. The vulnerability exists in file handling operations within the application, potentially allowing unauthorized access to sensitive system files.
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CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify FW Food Menu installation and versionLocate the application's main entry point or configuration file to determine the exact version number of FW Food Menu installed in your environmentAffected if The installed version falls within any vulnerable release range or cannot be determined (unknown/unsupported versions)
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Confirm file handling functionality is exposedIdentify whether the application exposes any file upload, download, export, or file-serving endpoints that accept user-controlled path parametersAffected if File handling features that accept path input from users are accessible without additional authentication barriers
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Inspect file path input handlingReview application source code or intercept HTTP requests to identify endpoints that process file path parameters and check if they use path traversal sequences in user inputAffected if User-supplied input is directly used in file path operations without sanitization or validation using functions like realpath()
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Test for path traversal in file operationsIf you have access to testing, attempt to access files using '../' sequences in path parameters (e.g., ../../etc/passwd) to observe if the application returns files outside the intended directoryAffected if The application returns files or directory contents from paths outside the documented/restricted directory when traversal sequences are provided
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Review server configuration and access controlsCheck if the web server or application configuration restricts file access to specific directories and whether the application runs with elevated privileges that could expose sensitive system filesAffected if The application runs with permissions that could allow access to sensitive system files when path traversal succeeds
You are affected if FW Food Menu with vulnerable file handling functionality is running and accepts user input in file path parameters without proper path traversal validation.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataImplement strict input validation on all file path parameters, use realpath() to resolve and validate canonical paths, and ensure user-supplied paths are constrained within allowed directories.
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