# CVE-2023-7098: icret EasyImages hide.php path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in icret EasyImages to read arbitrary files, though the software is unsupported.

- **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:** 25 Dec 2023
- **Updated:** 26 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-66jv-2xqf-9p8x

## What is CVE-2023-7098?

CVE-2023-7098 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in icret EasyImages, published on 25 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

** UNSUPPORTED WHEN ASSIGNED ** A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in icret EasyImages 2.8.3. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file app/hide.php. The manipulation of the argument key leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack can be initiated remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-248950 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer.

Weakness: CWE-24 (Path Traversal: '../filedir')

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-7098?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Easyimages2.0 Project Easyimages2.0.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-7098?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-7098 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-7098 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in icret EasyImages

- [CVE-2025-65473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65473/): Path traversal in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2025-65471](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65471/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-65472](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65472/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2025-65474](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-65474/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-33599](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-33599/): Cross-site scripting in n/a (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-7098 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-7098 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in icret EasyImages, published on 25 Dec 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-7098 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: icret EasyImages. 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-2023-7098/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7098/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-7098
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-7098
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-7098

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7098/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.