CVE-2026-75594
Description
Kirby is an open-source content management system. Prior to 4.9.5 and 5.5.2, depending on the release line, Kirby's media handler in src/Cms/Media.php allowed Kirby\Cms\Media::thumb() to append a path-bearing filename to a validated parent media directory. On nginx, PHP's built-in server, or Apache with AllowEncodedSlashes enabled, a remote attacker could submit encoded slash characters such as %2f in the filename and traverse outside the parent's media directory. Differences between responses for existing and nonexistent thumbnail configurations disclosed whether an arbitrary .json file existed, and a .json file containing a valid filename key could cause the referenced image to be returned and the job file to be deleted. The related file::version path in src/Filesystem/Asset.php also accepted ../ sequences outside the intended index root. This issue is fixed in versions 4.9.5 and 5.5.2.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
Propose a mitigation on Community Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/22fbaedb7e6dd61f5def10829ba7bd7e73e0dcc9
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/a40808f5c2ee5d42bb597fb6ffbe0de0ce8e4d20
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/cd7abb68d298f3443eafd43fa2d0c7ad0f933d0e
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/commit/e0dca5f709adc21b36f5549df2c0619bc59da56c
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/4.9.5
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/releases/tag/5.5.2
- https://github.com/getkirby/kirby/security/advisories/GHSA-9vx2-j98c-p72w
CWEs
CWE-22
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.