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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-20303

In pkg/tool/path.go in Gogs before 0.11.82.1218, a directory traversal in the file-upload functionality can allow an attacker to create a file under data/sessions on the server, a similar issue to CVE-2018-18925.

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31 Oct 2026, 09:49 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-20303

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Dec 2018, 00:29 UTC

In pkg/tool/path.go in Gogs before 0.11.82.1218, a directory traversal in the file-upload functionality can allow an attacker to create a file under data/sessions on the server, a similar issue to CVE-2018-18925.

osv:CVE-2018-20303
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20303",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2018-20303",
    "summary": "In pkg/tool/path.go in Gogs before 0.11.82.1218, a directory traversal in the file-upload functionality can allow an attacker to create a file under data/sessions on the server, a similar issue to CVE-2018-18925.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20303",
    "products": [],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:03.637672161Z",
      "provider": "osv",
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        "https://github.com/gogs/gogs/issues/5558",
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379988,
  "published_at": "2018-12-20T00:29:00.35+00:00"
}