# CVE-2024-2563: PandaXGO PandaX upload.go DeleteImage path traversal

> Remote attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in the DeleteImage function to read or modify arbitrary files on the server.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 17 Mar 2024
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3rxx-hfrv-77fv

## What is CVE-2024-2563?

CVE-2024-2563 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in PandaXGO PandaX, published on 17 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability has been found in PandaXGO PandaX up to 20240310 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects the function DeleteImage of the file /apps/system/router/upload.go. The manipulation of the argument fileName with the input ../../../../../../../../../tmp/1.txt leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. VDB-257062 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2563?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Pandax Pandax.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-2563?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2563 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-2563 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2563 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in PandaXGO PandaX

- [CVE-2024-2562](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2562/): PandaXGO PandaX role_menu.go InsertRole sql injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2564](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2564/): PandaXGO PandaX user.go ExportUser path traversal (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2024-2565](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2565/): PandaXGO PandaX File Extension upload.go unrestricted upload (medium 6.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-2563 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-2563 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in PandaXGO PandaX, published on 17 Mar 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2563 exists.

Affected product: PandaXGO PandaX. 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-2024-2563/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2563/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-2563
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-2563
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2563

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2563/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.