CVE-2024-25154: Fortra Filecatalyst Direct

Medium severity, CVSS 5.3. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Improper URL validation leads to path traversal in FileCatalyst Direct 3.8.8 and earlier allowing an encoded payload to cause the web server to return files located outside of the web root which may lead to data leakage.  

Affected products

• Fortra Filecatalyst Direct: from 3.0.0, before 3.8.9 (fixed in 3.8.9)

Published 2024-03-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.