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-2009-0880Mar 12, 2009
    risk 0.08cvss epss 0.64

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the CIM server in IBM Director before 5.20.3 Service Update 2 on Windows allows remote attackers to load and execute arbitrary local DLL code via a .. (dot dot) in a /CIMListener/ URI in an M-POST request.

  • CVE-2008-3195Sep 18, 2008
    risk 0.08cvss epss 0.58

    Directory traversal vulnerability in bin/configure in TWiki before 4.2.3, when a certain step in the installation guide is skipped, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a query string containing a .. (dot dot) in the image variable, and execute arbitrary files via unspecified vectors.

  • CVE-2008-0068Apr 16, 2008
    risk 0.08cvss epss 0.59

    Directory traversal vulnerability in OpenView5.exe in HP OpenView Network Node Manager (OV NNM) 7.01, 7.51, and 7.53 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via directory traversal sequences in the Action parameter.

  • CVE-2008-1145Mar 4, 2008
    risk 0.08cvss epss 0.60

    Directory traversal vulnerability in WEBrick in Ruby 1.8 before 1.8.5-p115 and 1.8.6-p114, and 1.9 through 1.9.0-1, when running on systems that support backslash (\) path separators or case-insensitive file names, allows remote attackers to access arbitrary files via (1) "..%5c" (encoded backslash) sequences or (2) filenames that match patterns in the :NondisclosureName option.

  • CVE-2025-61649LowFeb 3, 2026
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.00

    Vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation CheckUser. This vulnerability is associated with program files src/Services/CheckUserUserInfoCardService.Php. This issue affects CheckUser: from 7cedd58781d261f110651b6af4f41d2d11ae7309.

  • CVE-2015-7602Sep 29, 2015
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.53

    Directory traversal vulnerability in BisonWare BisonFTP 3.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a RETR command.

  • CVE-2015-7601Sep 29, 2015
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.53

    Directory traversal vulnerability in PCMan's FTP Server 2.0.7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..// (dot dot double slash) in a RETR command.

  • CVE-2015-3897Jun 18, 2015
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.55

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Bonita BPM Portal before 6.5.3 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the theme parameter and a file path in the location parameter to bonita/portal/themeResource.

  • CVE-2015-4153Jun 10, 2015
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.46

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the zM Ajax Login & Register plugin before 1.1.0 for WordPress allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary php files via a relative path in the template parameter in a load_template action to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php.

  • CVE-2014-9119Dec 31, 2014
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.51

    Directory traversal vulnerability in download.php in the DB Backup plugin 4.5 and earlier for Wordpress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter.

  • CVE-2014-7816Dec 1, 2014
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.55

    Directory traversal vulnerability in JBoss Undertow 1.0.x before 1.0.17, 1.1.x before 1.1.0.CR5, and 1.2.x before 1.2.0.Beta3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a resource URI.

  • CVE-2014-5006Oct 21, 2014
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.56

    Directory traversal vulnerability in ZOHO ManageEngine Desktop Central (DC) before 9 build 90055 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .. (dot dot) in the fileName parameter to mdm/mdmLogUploader.

  • CVE-2014-5368Aug 22, 2014
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.48

    Directory traversal vulnerability in the file_get_contents function in downloadfiles/download.php in the WP Content Source Control (wp-source-control) plugin 3.0.0 and earlier for WordPress allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter.

  • CVE-2013-1469Mar 13, 2013
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.52

    Directory traversal vulnerability in install.php in Piwigo before 2.4.7 allows remote attackers to read and delete arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the dl parameter.

  • CVE-2011-3315Oct 27, 2011
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.51

    Directory traversal vulnerability in Cisco Unified Communications Manager (CUCM) 5.x and 6.x before 6.1(5)SU2, 7.x before 7.1(5b)SU2, and 8.x before 8.0(3), and Cisco Unified Contact Center Express (aka Unified CCX or UCCX) and Cisco Unified IP Interactive Voice Response (Unified IP-IVR) before 6.0(1)SR1ES8, 7.0(x) before 7.0(2)ES1, 8.0(x) through 8.0(2)SU3, and 8.5(x) before 8.5(1)SU2, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted URL, aka Bug IDs CSCth09343 and CSCts44049.

  • CVE-2011-1900May 4, 2011
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.49

    Directory traversal vulnerability in NTWebServer in InduSoft Web Studio 6.1 and 7.x before 7.0+Patch 1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an invalid request.

  • CVE-2010-0926Mar 10, 2010
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.52

    The default configuration of smbd in Samba before 3.3.11, 3.4.x before 3.4.6, and 3.5.x before 3.5.0rc3, when a writable share exists, allows remote authenticated users to leverage a directory traversal vulnerability, and access arbitrary files, by using the symlink command in smbclient to create a symlink containing .. (dot dot) sequences, related to the combination of the unix extensions and wide links options.

  • CVE-2009-1774May 22, 2009
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.46

    Directory traversal vulnerability in plugins/ddb/foot.php in Strawberry 1.1.1 allows remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the file parameter to example/index.php. NOTE: this was originally reported as an issue affecting the do parameter, but traversal with that parameter might depend on a modified example/index.php. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

  • CVE-2009-1765May 22, 2009
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.46

    Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in pluck 4.6.2, when register_globals is enabled, allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the langpref parameter to (1) data/modules/contactform/module_info.php, (2) data/modules/blog/module_info.php, and (3) data/modules/albums/module_info.php, different vectors than CVE-2008-3194.

  • CVE-2009-0592Feb 16, 2009
    risk 0.07cvss epss 0.49

    Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in PNphpBB2 1.2i and earlier allow remote attackers to include and execute arbitrary local files via a .. (dot dot) in the ModName parameter to (1) admin_words.php, (2) admin_groups_reapir.php, (3) admin_smilies.php, (4) admin_ranks.php, (5) admin_styles.php, and (6) admin_users.php in admin/.