CWE-36
Absolute Path Traversal
Description
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize absolute path sequences such as "/abs/path" that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Hierarchy (View 1000)
Related attack patterns (CAPEC)
CAPEC-597
CVEs mapped to this weakness (146)
page 3 of 8| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-68896 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Sep 8, 2026 | Absolute path traversal in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. | ||
| CVE-2023-40597 | Hig | 0.51 | 7.8 | 0.00 | Aug 30, 2023 | In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk. | ||
| CVE-2026-61891 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Aug 5, 2026 | In Eclipse Theia versions up to and including 1.73.1, the `@theia/filesystem` backend exposes HTTP file-download endpoints (`GET /file`, `GET /files/`, `PUT /files/`) that convert a client-supplied URI directly to a filesystem path and stream the file, without confining it to… | ||
| CVE-2026-13189 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Jul 22, 2026 | In Progress® Telerik® UI for AJAX prior to v2026.2.708, insufficient validation of the language parameter in the spell check handler may allow an attacker to influence server-side file path resolution and trigger unintended server-side requests. | ||
| CVE-2026-2753 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.00 | Mar 6, 2026 | An Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability exists in Navtor NavBox. The application exposes an HTTP service that fails to properly sanitize user-supplied path input. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this issue by submitting requests containing absolute filesystem… | ||
| CVE-2026-1330 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Jan 22, 2026 | MeetingHub developed by HAMASTAR Technology has an Arbitrary File Read vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files. | ||
| CVE-2025-15227 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Dec 29, 2025 | BPMFlowWebkit developed by WELLTEND TECHNOLOGY has a Arbitrary File Read vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files. | ||
| CVE-2025-8912 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Aug 13, 2025 | Organization Portal System developed by WellChoose has an Arbitrary File Reading vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files. | ||
| CVE-2024-11978 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Nov 29, 2024 | DreamMaker from Interinfo has a Path Traversal vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary system files. | ||
| CVE-2024-8497 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Sep 25, 2024 | Franklin Fueling Systems TS-550 EVO versions prior to 2.26.4.8967 possess a file that can be read arbitrarily that could allow an attacker obtain administrator credentials. | ||
| CVE-2024-28806 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.01 | Jul 29, 2024 | An issue was discovered in Italtel i-MCS NFV 12.1.0-20211215. Remote unauthenticated attackers can upload files at an arbitrary path. | ||
| CVE-2024-6250 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.02 | Jun 27, 2024 | An absolute path traversal vulnerability exists in parisneo/lollms-webui v9.6, specifically in the `open_file` endpoint of `lollms_advanced.py`. The `sanitize_path` function with `allow_absolute_path=True` allows an attacker to access arbitrary files and directories on a Windows… | ||
| CVE-2021-1297 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.04 | Feb 4, 2021 | Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and RV260W VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and overwrite certain files that should be… | ||
| CVE-2021-1296 | Hig | 0.49 | 7.5 | 0.04 | Feb 4, 2021 | Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and RV260W VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and overwrite certain files that should be… | ||
| CVE-2026-55062 | Hig | 0.48 | — | 0.00 | Sep 17, 2026 | uniget is a universal installer and updater for (container) tools. Prior to 0.27.6, the hooks edit command in cmd/uniget/hooks.go concatenates an unvalidated hook filename with the selected hooks directory, allowing parent-directory components to escape that directory. The… | ||
| CVE-2026-46345 | Hig | 0.48 | 8.4 | 0.00 | Aug 17, 2026 | compliance-trestle is a tooling platform for managing compliance as code. Prior to versions 3.12.2 and 4.0.3, the `-o/--output` argument in `trestle author jinja` allows writing files outside the intended workspace. The application does not properly validate, `../`, `..\`, or… | ||
| CVE-2023-32054 | Hig | 0.48 | 7.3 | 0.01 | Jul 11, 2023 | Volume Shadow Copy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | ||
| CVE-2025-68472 | Hig | 0.47 | 8.1 | 0.20 | Jan 12, 2026 | MindsDB is a platform for building artificial intelligence from enterprise data. Prior to version 25.11.1, an unauthenticated path traversal in the file upload API lets any caller read arbitrary files from the server filesystem and move them into MindsDB’s storage, exposing… | ||
| CVE-2025-9518 | Hig | 0.47 | 7.2 | 0.01 | Sep 4, 2025 | The atec Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation on the 'debug_path' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access… | ||
| CVE-2024-48850 | Hig | 0.47 | 7.2 | 0.00 | May 22, 2025 | Absolute File Traversal vulnerabilities in ASPECT allows access and modification of unintended resources. This issue affects ASPECT-Enterprise: through 3.08.03; NEXUS Series: through 3.08.03; MATRIX Series: through 3.08.03. |
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
Absolute path traversal in Microsoft Windows Search Component allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- risk 0.51cvss 7.8epss 0.00
In Splunk Enterprise versions lower than 8.2.12, 9.0.6, and 9.1.1, an attacker can exploit an absolute path traversal to execute arbitrary code that is located on a separate disk.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00
In Eclipse Theia versions up to and including 1.73.1, the `@theia/filesystem` backend exposes HTTP file-download endpoints (`GET /file`, `GET /files/`, `PUT /files/`) that convert a client-supplied URI directly to a filesystem path and stream the file, without confining it to…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
In Progress® Telerik® UI for AJAX prior to v2026.2.708, insufficient validation of the language parameter in the spell check handler may allow an attacker to influence server-side file path resolution and trigger unintended server-side requests.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.00
An Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability exists in Navtor NavBox. The application exposes an HTTP service that fails to properly sanitize user-supplied path input. Unauthenticated remote attackers can exploit this issue by submitting requests containing absolute filesystem…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
MeetingHub developed by HAMASTAR Technology has an Arbitrary File Read vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
BPMFlowWebkit developed by WELLTEND TECHNOLOGY has a Arbitrary File Read vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
Organization Portal System developed by WellChoose has an Arbitrary File Reading vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
DreamMaker from Interinfo has a Path Traversal vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary system files.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
Franklin Fueling Systems TS-550 EVO versions prior to 2.26.4.8967 possess a file that can be read arbitrarily that could allow an attacker obtain administrator credentials.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in Italtel i-MCS NFV 12.1.0-20211215. Remote unauthenticated attackers can upload files at an arbitrary path.
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.02
An absolute path traversal vulnerability exists in parisneo/lollms-webui v9.6, specifically in the `open_file` endpoint of `lollms_advanced.py`. The `sanitize_path` function with `allow_absolute_path=True` allows an attacker to access arbitrary files and directories on a Windows…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.04
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and RV260W VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and overwrite certain files that should be…
- risk 0.49cvss 7.5epss 0.04
Multiple vulnerabilities in the web-based management interface of Cisco Small Business RV160, RV160W, RV260, RV260P, and RV260W VPN Routers could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to conduct directory traversal attacks and overwrite certain files that should be…
- risk 0.48cvss —epss 0.00
uniget is a universal installer and updater for (container) tools. Prior to 0.27.6, the hooks edit command in cmd/uniget/hooks.go concatenates an unvalidated hook filename with the selected hooks directory, allowing parent-directory components to escape that directory. The…
- risk 0.48cvss 8.4epss 0.00
compliance-trestle is a tooling platform for managing compliance as code. Prior to versions 3.12.2 and 4.0.3, the `-o/--output` argument in `trestle author jinja` allows writing files outside the intended workspace. The application does not properly validate, `../`, `..\`, or…
- risk 0.48cvss 7.3epss 0.01
Volume Shadow Copy Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- risk 0.47cvss 8.1epss 0.20
MindsDB is a platform for building artificial intelligence from enterprise data. Prior to version 25.11.1, an unauthenticated path traversal in the file upload API lets any caller read arbitrary files from the server filesystem and move them into MindsDB’s storage, exposing…
- risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.01
The atec Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file deletion due to insufficient file path validation on the 'debug_path' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.22. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access…
- risk 0.47cvss 7.2epss 0.00
Absolute File Traversal vulnerabilities in ASPECT allows access and modification of unintended resources. This issue affects ASPECT-Enterprise: through 3.08.03; NEXUS Series: through 3.08.03; MATRIX Series: through 3.08.03.