SpenetiX Fusion Digital Signage up to 3.4.8 Delete Request index.php path traversal

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A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in SpenetiX Fusion Digital Signage up to 3.4.8. This affects an unknown function of the file index.php of the component Delete Request Handler. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2020-36883. The attack can be launched remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SpenetiX Fusion Digital Signage up to 3.4.8. Affected is an unknown part of the file index.php of the component Delete Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

SpinetiX Fusion Digital Signage 3.4.8 and lower contains an authenticated path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers to manipulate file backup and deletion operations through unverified input parameters. Attackers can exploit path traversal techniques in index.php to write backup files to arbitrary locations and delete files by manipulating backup and file delete requests.

The weakness was disclosed by Gjoko Krstic as 48844. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2020-36883 since 12/09/2025. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:index.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (48844) and EUVD (EUVD-2020-30846). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• SpenetiX

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• Fusion Digital Signage

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• 3.4.0
• 3.4.1
• 3.4.2
• 3.4.3
• 3.4.4
• 3.4.5
• 3.4.6
• 3.4.7
• 3.4.8

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