If private/ itself has indexing enabled, http://localhost/private/ lists users/ subdirectory. An attacker cannot directly browse ../ via the web interface unless the server is misconfigured to allow path traversal, but the parent directory exposes everything.
Instead of a 403 Forbidden error, the browser shows: parent directory index of private images install
Directory listing is a feature that allows web servers to generate an HTML index of files in a directory when no default index file (e.g., index.html ) is present. When enabled on a parent directory containing private images, an attacker can browse, download, or index the entire image collection. This paper focuses on: If private/ itself has indexing enabled
A theme for browsing folders that makes them look like a modern file explorer. an attacker can browse