VYPR

CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

BaseStableLikelihood: High

Description

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

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Related attack patterns (CAPEC)

CAPEC-126 · CAPEC-64 · CAPEC-76 · CAPEC-78 · CAPEC-79

CVEs mapped to this weakness (3,734)

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  • CVE-2008-2439Oct 3, 2008
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.45

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the UpdateAgent function in TmListen.exe in the OfficeScanNT Listener service in the client in Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3 Patch 4 build 1367 and other builds before 1372, OfficeScan 8.0 SP1 before build 1222, OfficeScan 8.0 SP1 Patch 1 before build 3087, and Worry-Free Business Security 5.0 before build 1220 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in an HTTP request. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

  • CVE-2026-1703LowFeb 2, 2026
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.00

    When pip is installing and extracting a maliciously crafted wheel archive, files may be extracted outside the installation directory. The path traversal is limited to prefixes of the installation directory, thus isn't able to inject or overwrite executable files in typical situations.

  • CVE-2015-5149Jun 30, 2015
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.42

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Zoho ManageEngine SupportCenter Plus 7.90 allows remote authenticated users to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the component parameter in the Request component to workorder/Attachment.jsp.

  • CVE-2015-5065Jun 24, 2015
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.35

    Absolute path traversal vulnerability in proxy.php in the google currency lookup in the Paypal Currency Converter Basic For WooCommerce plugin before 1.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the requrl parameter.

  • CVE-2014-6036Dec 4, 2014
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.36

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the multipartRequest servlet in ZOHO ManageEngine OpManager 11.3 and earlier, Social IT Plus 11.0, and IT360 10.3, 10.4, and earlier allows remote attackers or remote authenticated users to delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter.

  • CVE-2014-5465Sep 3, 2014
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.33

    Directory traversal vulnerability in force-download.php in the Download Shortcode plugin 0.2.3 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

  • CVE-2014-4940Jul 11, 2014
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.43

    Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Tera Charts (tera-charts) plugin 0.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the fn parameter to (1) charts/treemap.php or (2) charts/zoomabletreemap.php.

  • CVE-2014-2324Mar 14, 2014
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.72

    Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in (1) mod_evhost and (2) mod_simple_vhost in lighttpd before 1.4.35 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the host name, related to request_check_hostname.

  • CVE-2014-0750Jan 25, 2014
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.38

    Directory traversal vulnerability in gefebt.exe in the WebView CimWeb components in GE Intelligent Platforms Proficy HMI/SCADA - CIMPLICITY through 8.2 SIM 24, and Proficy Process Systems with CIMPLICITY, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTTP request, aka ZDI-CAN-1622.

  • CVE-2013-7240Jan 3, 2014
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.41

    Directory traversal vulnerability in download-file.php in the Advanced Dewplayer plugin 1.2 for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dew_file parameter.

  • CVE-2010-5286Nov 26, 2012
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.32

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Jstore (com_jstore) component for Joomla! allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files and possibly have unspecified other impact via a .. (dot dot) in the controller parameter to index.php.

  • CVE-2011-3305Oct 6, 2011
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.42

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Cisco Network Admission Control (NAC) Manager 4.8.x allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via crafted traffic to TCP port 443, aka Bug ID CSCtq10755.

  • CVE-2011-0966May 20, 2011
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.35

    Directory traversal vulnerability in cwhp/auditLog.do in the Homepage Auditing component in Cisco CiscoWorks Common Services 3.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter, aka Bug ID CSCto35577.

  • CVE-2008-0418Feb 8, 2008
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.39

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox before 2.0.0.12, Thunderbird before 2.0.0.12, and SeaMonkey before 1.1.8, when using "flat" addons, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary Javascript, image, and stylesheet files via the chrome: URI scheme, as demonstrated by stealing session information from sessionstore.js.

  • CVE-2007-6483Dec 20, 2007
    risk 0.06cvss epss 0.33

    Directory traversal vulnerability in SafeNet Sentinel Protection Server 7.0.0 through 7.4.0 and possibly earlier versions, and Sentinel Keys Server 1.0.3 and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the query string.

  • CVE-2015-7254Nov 7, 2015
    risk 0.05cvss epss 0.19

    Directory traversal vulnerability on Huawei HG532e, HG532n, and HG532s devices allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an icon/ URI.

  • CVE-2010-5323Jun 7, 2015
    risk 0.05cvss epss 0.24

    Directory traversal vulnerability in UploadServlet in the Remote Management component in Novell ZENworks Configuration Management (ZCM) 10 before 10.3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WAR pathname in the filename parameter in conjunction with WAR content in the POST data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2010-5324.

  • CVE-2015-1365Jan 27, 2015
    risk 0.05cvss epss 0.27

    Directory traversal vulnerability in pixabay-images.php in the Pixabay Images plugin before 2.4 for WordPress allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the q parameter.

  • CVE-2015-0516Jan 21, 2015
    risk 0.05cvss epss 0.21

    Directory traversal vulnerability in EMC M&R (aka Watch4Net) before 6.5u1 and ViPR SRM before 3.6.1 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL.

  • CVE-2011-4722Dec 28, 2014
    risk 0.05cvss epss 0.21

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the TFTP Server 1.0.0.24 in Ipswitch WhatsUp Gold allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the Filename field of an RRQ operation.