A path traversal vulnerability exists in simple-file-manager before 2017-04-26, affecting index.php (the sole "Simple PHP File Manager" com…

published 2017-04-27 9y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-17259

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 2.6%; EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits: 0; none known

A path traversal vulnerability exists in simple-file-manager before 2017-04-26, affecting index.php (the sole "Simple PHP File Manager" component).

Patch / fix

links 1

github.com/jcampbell1/simple-file-manager@de52e7e commit

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Exploit prediction

2.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

github.com /jcampbell1/simple-file-manager/commit/de52e7ee61a842d8fdf791f2a5b7c91b6c5cdb56
issue-tracking, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-8297
NVD CVE-2017-8297

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