# 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.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8mw9-mm87-g6vq

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-10458?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## 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

- [CVE-2020-10478](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10478/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2020-11579](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-11579/): Information disclosure in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-10386](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10386/): File upload in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2020-10389](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10389/): Code injection in n/a (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2020-10390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10390/): Command injection in n/a (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-10458 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-10458 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Chadhaajay Phpkb. 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-2020-10458/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10458/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-10458
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10458
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-10458

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-10458/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.