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Vulnerability record · CVE-2020-10458 · published 12 March 2020

CVE-2020-10458: Chadhaajay phpkb path traversal vulnerability

CChadhaajay · Phpkb

Path Traversal in admin/imagepaster/operations.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows attackers to delete any folder on the webserver using a dot-dot-slash sequence (../) via the GET parameter crdir, when the GET parameter action is set to df, causing a Denial of Service.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 1.5% · top 26.1% CWE-22 · Path traversal
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 5.5
1.5%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
4References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Path Traversal in admin/imagepaster/operations.php in Chadha PHPKB Standard Multi-Language 9 allows attackers to delete any folder on the webserver using a dot-dot-slash sequence (../) via the GET parameter crdir, when the GET parameter action is set to df, causing a Denial of Service.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://antoniocannito.it/?p=137#afld ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb1#arbitrary-folder-deletion-cve-2020-10458 ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://antoniocannito.it/?p=137#afld ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://antoniocannito.it/phpkb1#arbitrary-folder-deletion-cve-2020-10458 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2020-10458), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.