FrappeApplication

CVE-2025-68953

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-01-05
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 14.99.6 / 15.88.1 or later.
See remediation →
84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click Patch available

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 · unedited
Frappe is a full-stack web application framework. Versions 14.99.5 and below and 15.0.0 through 15.80.1 include requests that are vulnerable to path traversal attacks. Arbitrary files from the server could be retrieved due to a lack of proper sanitization on some requests. This issue is fixed in versions 14.99.6 and 15.88.1. To workaround, changing the setup to use a reverse proxy is recommended.

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
How this class of weakness works · CWE-22

A file path is built from user input without being confined, so sequences like “../” let an attacker step outside the intended directory. That can expose configuration, credentials, or source code, and in the worst case lets an attacker write files where they shouldn't. A durable fix resolves and canonicalises the path, then rejects anything that escapes a known-safe base directory.

General guidance for the path traversal class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
FrappeApplication
Affected:< 14.99.6>= 15.0.0, < 15.88.1

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
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 14.99.6 / 15.88.1 or later
Fixed in 14.99.615.88.1
Vendor patch github.com →
Recommended fix High confidence

Frappe 14.99.6 (for v14.x) or Frappe 15.88.1 (for v15.x)

  1. Identify the currently installed Frappe version by checking the requirements.txt or version file
  2. If running Frappe version 14.x (below 14.99.6), upgrade to version 14.99.6
  3. If running Frappe version 15.x (15.0.0 through 15.80.1), upgrade to version 15.88.1
  4. Run the upgrade process using bench update or the appropriate deployment method
  5. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the installed Frappe version
  6. As an alternative mitigation (workaround only, not a fix), configure a reverse proxy in front of the Frappe application
Caveat Minor version upgrades in Frappe may include behavioral changes; review the release notes for the target version before upgrading

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