Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 17, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-0338

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the mwGetLocalFileName function in http.c in MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.19 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and list arbitrary directories via a (1) .%2e (partially encoded dot dot) or (2) %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in the URI.

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Affected products

Miniweb HTTP Server/Miniweb HTTP Server2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:miniweb_http_server:miniweb_http_server:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:miniweb_http_server:miniweb_http_server:0.8.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =0.8.19

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References

secunia.com/advisories/28512nvdVendor Advisory
www.bugtraq.ir/adv/miniweb_english.pdfnvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/27319nvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0176nvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39713nvd
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4923nvd

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