diff --git a/server/pkg/api/file_link.go b/server/pkg/api/file_link.go
index 0a0686f71a..fa7dc9aaae 100644
--- a/server/pkg/api/file_link.go
+++ b/server/pkg/api/file_link.go
@@ -27,7 +27,14 @@ func (h *FileHandler) ShareUrl(c *gin.Context) {
 }
 
 func (h *FileHandler) LinkInfo(c *gin.Context) {
-
+	resp, err := h.FileUrlCtrl.Info(c)
+	if err != nil {
+		handler.Error(c, stacktrace.Propagate(err, ""))
+		return
+	}
+	c.JSON(http.StatusOK, gin.H{
+		"file": resp,
+	})
 }
 
 func (h *FileHandler) LinkThumbnail(c *gin.Context) {
diff --git a/server/pkg/controller/public/file_link.go b/server/pkg/controller/public/file_link.go
index 39f1ba9fe7..dad8e139e9 100644
--- a/server/pkg/controller/public/file_link.go
+++ b/server/pkg/controller/public/file_link.go
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ func (c *FileLinkController) UpdateSharedUrl(ctx *gin.Context, req ente.UpdateFi
 	return c.mapRowToFileUrl(ctx, fileLinkRow), nil
 }
 
+func (c *FileLinkController) Info(ctx *gin.Context) (*ente.File, error) {
+	accessContext := auth.MustGetFileLinkAccessContext(ctx)
+	return c.FileRepo.GetFileAttributes(accessContext.FileID)
+}
+
 // VerifyPassword verifies if the user has provided correct pw hash. If yes, it returns a signed jwt token which can be
 // used by the client to pass in other requests for public collection.
 // Having a separate endpoint for password validation allows us to easily rate-limit the attempts for brute-force
diff --git a/server/pkg/middleware/file_link.go b/server/pkg/middleware/file_link.go
index e5dcf48a3d..6430382f2c 100644
--- a/server/pkg/middleware/file_link.go
+++ b/server/pkg/middleware/file_link.go
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sirupsen/logrus"
 )
 
-var filePasswordWhiteListedURLs = []string{"/file-link/info", "/file-link/verify-password"}
+var filePasswordWhiteListedURLs = []string{"/file-link/pass-info", "/file-link/verify-password"}
 
 // FileLinkMiddleware intercepts and authenticates incoming requests
 type FileLinkMiddleware struct {