Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jan 23, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-6517

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Liferay 5.1.0 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to barebone.jsp.

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Affected products

Liferay/Liferay2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:liferay:liferay:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 5.1.0

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/01/5nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/92215nvd

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