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Organization Portal SystemApplication · Wellchoose

CVE-2025-8912

HIGH · 7.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-08-13
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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84/100
Remediation priority · High
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

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
Organization Portal System developed by WellChoose has an Arbitrary File Reading vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files.

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 confidence

The WellChoose Organization Portal System contains an arbitrary file reading vulnerability exploitable via absolute path traversal. Unauthenticated remote attackers can craft requests with absolute file paths to read sensitive system files beyond the web root, potentially exposing configuration files, credentials, or other sensitive data.

MitigationImplement strict input validation to restrict file paths to expected directories, use whitelisting for allowed file names/paths, and ensure the application runs with minimal file system privileges.

Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.

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
Organization Portal SystemApplication
Affected:< IFTOP_P3_2_1_197

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

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 checks

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  1. Identify the installed version of WellChoose Organization Portal System
    Check the application version displayed in the portal UI, or query the API endpoint for version information, or inspect configuration files that may contain version metadata
    Affected if The installed version is IFTOP_P3_2_1_197 or lower, or if the version cannot be determined and falls within the < IFTOP_P3_2_1_197 range
  2. Verify the web interface is accessible over the network
    Confirm the portal is reachable via HTTP/HTTPS from the network
    Affected if The application is exposed and accessible remotely without authentication
  3. Determine if file download or file access functionality exists
    Identify if the application provides features for downloading, viewing, or accessing files, such as document retrieval, attachment viewing, or file export modules
    Affected if File access functionality is present and accepts user-supplied path input
  4. Check for path traversal handling in file access features
    Review application logs or network traffic to identify if absolute file paths are accepted by the file access functionality, or test with a benign absolute path reference if authorized
    Affected if The application accepts absolute file paths in file access requests without strict validation or restriction to expected directories

You are affected if your WellChoose Organization Portal System version is IFTOP_P3_2_1_197 or lower AND the application exposes file access functionality that accepts user-supplied paths without strict directory bounds checking.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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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
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Implement strict input validation to restrict file paths to expected directories, use whitelisting for allowed file names/paths, and ensure the application runs with minimal file system privileges.

Recommended fix Moderate confidence

IFTOP_P3_2_1_197 or later

  1. 1. Identify all instances of the Organization Portal System (WellChoose) currently deployed
  2. 2. Check the current version of each instance - versions prior to IFTOP_P3_2_1_197 are affected
  3. 3. Obtain the updated version IFTOP_P3_2_1_197 or later from the vendor (WellChoose)
  4. 4. Schedule a maintenance window for the upgrade
  5. 5. Backup the current system configuration and data before upgrading
  6. 6. Apply the upgrade to all affected instances, following vendor-specific installation instructions
  7. 7. Verify the upgrade was successful by checking the new version number
  8. 8. Test that the path traversal vulnerability is no longer exploitable

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

Fix this in Organization Portal System Scoped from the published advisory
  • Consultation4.0 h
  • Implementation8.0 h
  • Testing6.0 h
  • Review / QA4.0 h
22.0 hours of engineering $3,860
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