# CVE-2018-20647: Path traversal in n/a

> Attackers can access arbitrary directories by requesting image paths, exposing sensitive files in the PHP Scripts Mall Car Rental Script.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 20 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-63v8-fmjc-chq5

## What is CVE-2018-20647?

CVE-2018-20647 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

PHP Scripts Mall Car Rental Script 2.0.8 has directory traversal via a direct request for a listing of an image directory such as an images/ directory.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-20647?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Car Rental Script Project Car Rental Script.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-20647?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-20647 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-20647 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20647 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2017-17906](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17906/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-17637](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17637/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-20648](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20648/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-17905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17905/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-17907](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-17907/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-20647 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-20647 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 20 Mar 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-20647 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2018-20647/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20647/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-20647
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-20647
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20647

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-20647/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.