# EXIF Geo Data Not Stripped

### Summary:

 When a user uploads an image in example.com, the uploaded image’s EXIF Geolocation Data does not gets stripped. As a result, anyone can get sensitive information of example.com users like their Geolocation, their Device information like Device Name, Version, Software & Software version used etc.

### Steps to reproduce:

1. Got to Github ( <https://github.com/ianare/exif-samples/tree/master/jpg>) <br>
2. There are lot of images having resolutions (i.e 1280 \* 720 ) , and also whith different MB’s . <br>
3. Go to Upload option on the website <br>
4. Upload the image<br>
5. see the path of uploaded image ( Either by right click on image then copy image address OR right click, inspect the image, the URL will come in the inspect ,   edit it as html )\</br>
6. open it (<http://exif.regex.info/exif.cgi>)\</br>
7. See wheather is that still showing exif data , if it is then Report it.

## Reports (Hackerone)

* [IDOR with Geolocation data not stripped from images](https://hackerone.com/reports/906907)

## Author

* [@0xd3vil](https://twitter.com/0xd3vil)
* [@klaus](https://twitter.com/klaus_dev)


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