# CVE-2024-3227: Panwei eoffice OA Backend save_image.php path traversal

> Remote attackers with permissions can exploit a path traversal in the backend save_image.php file to read or modify arbitrary files.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 3 Apr 2024
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fgmh-2jhg-vq8c

## What is CVE-2024-3227?

CVE-2024-3227 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Panwei eoffice OA, published on 3 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability was found in Panwei eoffice OA up to 9.5. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /general/system/interface/theme_set/save_image.php of the component Backend. The manipulation of the argument image_type leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack can be initiated remotely. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-259072.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-3227?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Weaver E-Office.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-3227?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-3227 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-3227 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Panwei eoffice OA

- [CVE-2023-34798](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-34798/): File upload in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2023-2647](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2647/): Weaver E-Office File Upload utility_all.php command injection (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-2648](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2648/): Weaver E-Office uploadify.php unrestricted upload (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2023-2766](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2766/): Weaver OA jx2_config.ini file access (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2023-2765](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-2765/): Weaver OA downfile.php absolute path traversal (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-3227 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-3227 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Panwei eoffice OA, published on 3 Apr 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-3227 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Panwei eoffice OA. 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-2024-3227/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3227/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-3227
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-3227
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-3227

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-3227/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.