CVE-2017-20152

aerouk imageserve File viewer.php path traversal

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: December 30, 2022 at 11:42 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:15 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsImageserveProject Imageserve

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.9%

Description

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in aerouk imageserve. Affected is an unknown function of the file public/viewer.php of the component File Handler. The manipulation of the argument filelocation leads to path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is bd23c784f0e5cb12f66d15c100248449f87d72e2. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217056.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

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References (4)

ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/aerouk/imageserve/pull/27
SignaturePermissions RequiredThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217056
VDB EntryTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
https://vuldb.com/?id.217056

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22

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