CVE-2020-10458 Path traversal in n/a
Attackers can delete arbitrary folders on the webserver via path traversal in the imagepaster operations script, causing denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-10458?
CVE-2020-10458 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Chadhaajay Phpkb, published on 12 Mar 2020. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Path Traversal in admin/imagepaster/operations.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows attackers to delete any folder on the webserver using a dot-dot-slash sequence (../) via the GET parameter crdir, when the GET parameter action is set to df, causing a Denial of Service.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10458?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Chadhaajay Phpkb.
How do I fix CVE-2020-10458?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-10458 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2020-10458 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10458 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Chadhaajay Phpkb
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8mw9-mm87-g6vq.