Path TraversalWeakness · CWE-22

CVE-2026-36767

CRITICAL · 10.0 CVSS v3.1 Published 2026-04-30
Mitigation only
No fix yet — a mitigation exists. There is no fixed release. A documented workaround reduces exposure in the meantime.
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100/100
Remediation priority · Urgent
Remotely reachable No privileges Zero-click

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
A path traversal vulnerability in the /content/images/add endpoint of shopizer v3.2.5 allows attackers write arbitrary files to any writeable path via a crafted POST request.

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis · high confidence

A path traversal vulnerability exists in shopizer v3.2.5 at the /content/images/add endpoint. The endpoint fails to properly validate or sanitize file paths in POST requests, allowing attackers to use '..' sequences or absolute paths to write files outside the intended upload directory to any writable location on the server.

MitigationRestrict file upload functionality to only accept filenames within an allowed directory by implementing strict whitelist validation of file names, enforcing the upload directory as the only writable location, and rejecting any path traversal sequences (../) or absolute paths in the filename parameter.

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From the vector
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.

dbcve checks

Work through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.

  1. Identify shopizer installation and version
    Locate the shopizer application in your environment. Check the application's pom.xml, build.gradle, or the compiled WAR/JAR files for the version identifier. Look for files like pom.xml in the root directory, or check the deployed artifact's name/version metadata.
    Affected if The installed version matches v3.2.5 or falls within an unknown range that includes this vulnerable release.
  2. Verify the /content/images/add endpoint exists and is accessible
    Check if the shopizer web application exposes the /content/images/add endpoint. This may be visible in the application's routing configuration, or you can attempt a simple HTTP request to this path (without sending malicious payload) to confirm the endpoint responds.
    Affected if The endpoint responds to HTTP requests, indicating it is actively enabled in the application.
  3. Confirm endpoint lacks authentication enforcement
    Review the application's security configuration files (such as Spring Security XML or Java configuration) to check if /content/images/add is listed as a permitted anonymous endpoint. Alternatively, observe whether unauthenticated requests to this endpoint return a 200 or 401/403 response.
    Affected if The endpoint accepts requests without requiring valid authentication credentials.
  4. Identify writable directories on the server
    Examine the server's file system permissions and deployment configuration. Check the upload directory configuration in shopizer (typically found in application properties under content.images.upload.path or similar), and verify which directories the application process has write access to.
    Affected if The application has write access to directories outside the intended upload folder, allowing path traversal to escape the upload directory.

A user is affected if running shopizer v3.2.5 with the /content/images/add endpoint exposed and accessible without authentication, where the server filesystem has writable directories that could be reached via path traversal sequences.

Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.

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From vendor data
Mitigation available No clean upgrade yet — mitigate in the meantime
Mitigation

Restrict file upload functionality to only accept filenames within an allowed directory by implementing strict whitelist validation of file names, enforcing the upload directory as the only writable location, and rejecting any path traversal sequences (../) or absolute paths in the filename parameter.

Have this fixed Scoped from the published advisory
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