CVE-2025-21609

SiYuan has an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability

SiYuan is self-hosted, open source personal knowledge management software. SiYuan Note version 3.1.18 has an arbitrary file deletion vulnerability. The vulnerability exists in the `POST /api/history/getDocHistoryContent` endpoint. An attacker can craft a payload to exploit this vulnerability, resulting in the deletion of arbitrary files on the server. Commit d9887aeec1b27073bec66299a9a4181dc42969f3 fixes this vulnerability and is expected to be available in version 3.1.19.

Affected

siyuan-note · siyuan

CVSS v4.0 GITHUB

8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/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

CVSS v4.0 GitHub

8.7 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v3.1 NVD

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

EPSS

0.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 49th percentile

Published

2025-01-03

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• siyuan-note/siyuan/security/advisories/GHSA-8fx8-pffw-w498
• advisories/GHSA-8fx8-pffw-w498

Security advisories

• siyuan-note/siyuan/commit/d9887aeec1b27073bec66299a9a4181dc42969f3

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry