# CVE-2017-20152: aerouk imageserve File viewer.php path traversal

> A path traversal vulnerability in aerouk imageserve allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via the filelocation argument.

- **Severity:** Low 3.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pm7q-cgmf-6xv7

## What is CVE-2017-20152?

CVE-2017-20152 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in aerouk imageserve, published on 30 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-20152?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Imageserve Project Imageserve.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-20152?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-20152 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-20152 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-20152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in aerouk imageserve

- [CVE-2017-20153](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-20153/): aerouk imageserve cross site scripting (low 2.6)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-20152 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-20152 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in aerouk imageserve, published on 30 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-20152 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: aerouk imageserve. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-20152/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-20152/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-20152
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-20152
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-20152

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-20152/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.