# CVE-2025-8050: External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability in opentext Flipper allows Path Traversal. The vulnerability could…

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2025-8050-external-control-of-file-name-or-path-vulnerability-in-opentext  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2025-10-21  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2025-8050 · Severity: medium · CVSS 6.5 · Published 2025-10-21

External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability in opentext Flipper allows Path Traversal. 

The vulnerability could allow a user to access files hosted on the server.

This issue affects Flipper: 3.1.2.

Technologies: [Opentext Flipper](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/flipper). Vendors: [Opentext](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/opentext).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2025-8050 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2025-8050 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2025-8050?** Medium severity, with a CVSS score of 6.5, published 21 October 2025.

**Which products and versions are affected?** Opentext Flipper. The advisory does not name versions.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2025-8050?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2025-8050?** Check whether you run Opentext Flipper. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- Opentext Flipper

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