Arox School ERP Pro 1.0 download.php document path traversal

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Arox School ERP Pro 1.0. The impacted element is an unknown function of the file download.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument document can lead to path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-37088. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

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A vulnerability has been found in Arox School ERP Pro 1.0 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file download.php. The manipulation of the argument document with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

School ERP Pro 1.0 contains a file disclosure vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by manipulating the 'document' parameter in download.php. Attackers can access sensitive configuration files by supplying directory traversal paths to retrieve system credentials and configuration information.

The weakness was shared by Besim Altinok as 48394. The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-37088 since 02/01/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. By approaching the search of inurl:download.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 (48394) and EUVD (EUVD-2020-30989). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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• Enterprise Resource Planning Software

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• Arox

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• School ERP Pro

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• 1.0

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