Flowise - Path Traversal in Vector Store basePath Parameter (Flowise Flowise)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.50 % · percentile 43 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- VulnCheck
- NVD status
- Deferred
Description
Flowise before 3.1.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in Faiss and SimpleStore vector store implementations that accept unsanitized basePath parameters from authenticated users. Attackers with valid API tokens can write vector store data to arbitrary filesystem locations, potentially enabling code execution or data exfiltration.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-22 — Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 4.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N | VulnCheck |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | VulnCheck |
| CVSS 4.0 | MEDIUM 4.9 | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:H/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X | NVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 6.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N | NVD · disclosure@vulncheck.com (Secondary) |
Advisories
- GHSA-w6v6-49gh-mc9w — Flowise: Path Traversal in Vector Store basePath
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-42251
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-56273
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Flowise · Flowise | affected 0 < 3.1.0 ; unaffected 3.1.0 |
| Flowise · Flowise | affected 0 < 3.1.0 ; unaffected 3.1.0 |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |