InvoicePlane up to 1.7.1 Image Attachment information disclosure

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in InvoicePlane up to 1.7.1. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Image Attachment Handler. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-39372. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability has been found in InvoicePlane up to 1.7.1 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Image Attachment Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

InvoicePlane is a self-hosted open source application for managing invoices, clients, and payments. Prior to 1.7.2, InvoicePlane stores and serves uploaded image attachments without stripping EXIF metadata. When an administrator uploads an image through invoice attachments, quote attachments, or another attachment feature and shares it with another user, the recipient can retrieve embedded GPS coordinates, timestamps, and device information. The preserved metadata can disclose private location and device details across users. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.7.2.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-39372 since 04/06/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading to version 1.7.2 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• InvoicePlane

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• 1.7.0
• 1.7.1

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• Product: https://github.com/InvoicePlane/InvoicePlane/

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