ImpressCMS Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Delete

MEDIUM 6.4CVE-2014-1836 · GHSA-wcj4-ff9m-5r7g · Published 01/07/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-1836 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability affecting impresscms/impresscms, impresscms (impresscms).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.6%, higher than 89.6% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.3.6 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
impresscms/impresscms Packagist	`< 1.3.6`	`1.3.6`
impresscms impresscms	`≤ 1.3.5`	No fix yet

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in htdocs/libraries/image-editor/image-edit.php in ImpressCMS before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in the image_path parameter in a cancel action.

NVD description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in htdocs/libraries/image-editor/image-edit.php in ImpressCMS before 1.3.6 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a full pathname in the image_path parameter in a cancel action.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1836 · ADVISORY
ImpressCMS/impresscms · WEB
pedrib/PoC · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20200228234251/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65279 · WEB
community.impresscms.org/modules/smartsection/item.php · WEB
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Feb/14 · WEB
osvdb.org/show/osvdb/102770
securityfocus.com/bid/65279

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

impresscms/impresscms

Packagist

< 1.3.6

1.3.6

impresscms

≤ 1.3.5

No fix yet

Description

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