High severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 5, 2025· Updated May 26, 2026
CVE-2012-10024
CVE-2012-10024
Description
XBMC version 11.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its embedded HTTP server. When accessed via HTTP Basic Authentication, the server fails to properly sanitize URI input, allowing authenticated users to request files outside the intended document root. An attacker can exploit this flaw to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem, including sensitive configuration or credential files.
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References
4- github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/bdff099c024521941cb0956fe01d99ab52a65335nvd
- raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/xbmc_traversal.rbnvd
- www.ioactive.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Security_Advisory_XBMC.pdfnvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xbmc-web-server-path-traversalnvd
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