---
id: "CVE-2026-117566"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-117566"]
title: "EasyImages 2.0: unauthenticated path traversal reads server files outside upload directory"
severity: "medium"
cvss: 6.9
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "package"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["easyimages", "package", "php", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["auth-required", "not-installed"]
published_at: "2026-10-27T14:16:39+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-10-27T14:32:19+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-10-27T14:32:57+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-117566", "first_seen_at": "2026-10-27T14:32:19+00:00"}]
---

# EasyImages 2.0: unauthenticated path traversal reads server files outside upload directory

EasyImages 2.0 through 2.8.6 has a path traversal flaw in app/down.php, app/thumb.php and app/info.php. An unauthenticated attacker can use ../ sequences in the dw, history or img parameters to read files with allowed upload extensions from the server.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## How to check

- unknown

## Fix

- Upgrade EasyImages past `2.8.6`; the sources do not name the fixed version
- unknown

## Timeline

- 2026-10-27T14:32:19+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-117566

## From the sources

EasyImages2.0 through 2.8.6 contains an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in app/down.php, app/thumb.php and app/info.php that allows reading files outside the upload directory. Attackers can supply ../ sequences in the dw, history or img parameters to read files with allowed upload extensions from the server.

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