CVE-2017-20152
aerouk imageserve File viewer.php path traversal
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- VulDB
Description
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in aerouk imageserve. Affected is an unknown function of the file public/viewer.php of the component File Handler. The manipulation of the argument filelocation leads to path traversal. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitability is told to be difficult. The exploit has been disclosed to the public and may be used. The name of the patch is bd23c784f0e5cb12f66d15c100248449f87d72e2. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217056.
Public exploit
A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit or proof of concept: anyone can try it against an unpatched system.
- https://github.com/aerouk/imageserve/pull/27 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-trackingx_transferred
Timeline
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By VulDB
Published
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | Low3.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| VulDBCNA (assigner) | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.96% · top 38% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 3.1.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://vuldb.com/?id.217056 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrytechnical-descriptionx_transferred
- https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.217056 (opens in a new tab)signaturepermissions-requiredx_transferred
- https://github.com/aerouk/imageserve/pull/27 (opens in a new tab)exploitissue-trackingx_transferred
- https://github.com/aerouk/imageserve/commit/bd23c784f0e5cb12f66d15c100248449f87d72e2 (opens in a new tab)patchx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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