# CVE-2024-12362: InvoicePlane invoices.php download path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal vulnerability in InvoicePlane to read arbitrary files from the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA: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:** 16 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 16 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r7xj-9mv8-pf89

## What is CVE-2024-12362?

CVE-2024-12362 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in InvoicePlane, published on 16 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in InvoicePlane up to 1.6.1. It has been classified as problematic. This affects the function download of the file invoices.php. The manipulation of the argument invoice leads to path traversal. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 1.6.2-beta-1 is able to address this issue. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The vendor was contacted early, responded in a very professional manner and quickly released a fixed version of the affected product.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12362?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Invoiceplane Invoiceplane.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12362?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12362 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12362 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in InvoicePlane

- [CVE-2025-67084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-67084/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2024-56975](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56975/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-23491](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-23491/): InvoicePlane has Unauthenticated Path Traversal in Guest Controller (critical 9.3)
- [CVE-2026-25548](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-25548/): InvoicePlane Vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Local File Inclusion and Log Poisoning (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2017-1000238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000238/): File upload in n/a (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12362 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12362 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in InvoicePlane, published on 16 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: InvoicePlane. 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-2024-12362/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12362/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12362
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12362
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12362

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12362/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.