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 (136)
page 6 of 7| CVE | Vendor / Product | Sev | Risk | CVSS | EPSS | KEV | Published | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-10075 | Med | 0.34 | 5.3 | 0.00 | May 29, 2026 | DreamMaker developed by Interinfo has a Path Traversal vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read file names under arbitrary path by exploiting an Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability. | ||
| CVE-2026-7217 | Med | 0.34 | 5.3 | 0.00 | Apr 28, 2026 | A security vulnerability has been detected in Deepractice PromptX up to 2.4.0. The affected element is the function read_docx/read_xlsx/read_pptx/list_xlsx_sheets/read_pdf of the file packages/mcp-office/src/index.ts of the component Document File Handler. Such manipulation of… | ||
| CVE-2024-6097 | Med | 0.34 | 5.3 | 0.00 | Feb 12, 2025 | In Progress® Telerik® Reporting versions prior to 2025 Q1 (19.0.25.211), information disclosure is possible by a local threat actor through an absolute path vulnerability. | ||
| CVE-2024-45291 | Med | 0.34 | 6.3 | 0.01 | Oct 7, 2024 | PHPSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. It's possible for an attacker to construct an XLSX file that links images from arbitrary paths. When embedding images has been enabled in HTML writer with `$writer->setEmbedImages(true);` those files… | ||
| CVE-2023-5390 | Med | 0.34 | 5.3 | 0.01 | Jan 31, 2024 | An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to files being read from the Honeywell Experion ControlEdge VirtualUOC and ControlEdge UOC. This exploit could be used to read files from the controller that may expose limited information from the device.… | ||
| CVE-2023-5115 | Med | 0.34 | 6.3 | 0.01 | Dec 18, 2023 | An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious Ansible role and make the victim execute the role. A symlink can be used to overwrite a file outside of the extraction path. | ||
| CVE-2025-53392 | Med | 0.33 | 5.0 | 0.02 | Jun 28, 2025 | In Netgate pfSense CE 2.8.0, the "WebCfg - Diagnostics: Command" privilege allows reading arbitrary files via diag_command.php dlPath directory traversal. NOTE: the Supplier's perspective is that this is intended behavior for this privilege level, and that system administrators… | ||
| CVE-2026-6418 | Med | 0.32 | 4.9 | 0.01 | May 5, 2026 | An issue was discovered in the Shared Account Synchronization component of PaperCut MF (version 25.0.4). The application allows administrative users to configure a source path for account data synchronization. Due to a lack of proper path validation and sanitization, an… | ||
| CVE-2025-14253 | Med | 0.32 | 4.9 | 0.00 | Dec 8, 2025 | Vitals ESP developed by Galaxy Software Services has an Arbitrary File Read vulnerability, allowing privileged remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files. | ||
| CVE-2025-9516 | Med | 0.32 | 4.9 | 0.00 | Sep 4, 2025 | The atec Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.22 via the 'custom_log' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to view the contents of files… | ||
| CVE-2025-53079 | Med | 0.32 | 4.9 | 0.00 | Jul 29, 2025 | Absolute Path Traversal in Samsung DMS(Data Management Server) allows authenticated attacker (Administrator) to read sensitive files | ||
| CVE-2024-10651 | Med | 0.32 | 4.9 | 0.01 | Nov 1, 2024 | IDExpert from CHANGING Information Technology does not properly validate a specific parameter in the administrator interface, allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary system files. | ||
| CVE-2026-20834 | Med | 0.30 | 4.6 | 0.01 | Jan 13, 2026 | Absolute path traversal in Windows Shell allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing with a physical attack. | ||
| CVE-2026-13346 | Med | 0.29 | — | 0.00 | Jul 29, 2026 | pip would incorrectly handle doubly-encoded package URLs from indexes allowing for files to be installed to arbitrary locations on disk even when installing wheels. This vulnerability requires downloading or installing a package from a malicious package index to succeed,… | ||
| CVE-2026-32175 | Med | 0.28 | 4.3 | 0.01 | May 12, 2026 | A tampering vulnerability exists when .NET Core improperly handles specially crafted files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could write arbitrary files and directories to certain locations on a vulnerable system. However, an attacker would have limited… | ||
| CVE-2025-15237 | Med | 0.28 | 4.3 | 0.00 | Jan 5, 2026 | QOCA aim AI Medical Cloud Platform developed by Quanta Computer has a Path Traversal vulnerability, allowing authenticated remote attackers to read folder names under the specified path by exploiting an Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability. | ||
| CVE-2025-15236 | Med | 0.28 | 4.3 | 0.00 | Jan 5, 2026 | QOCA aim AI Medical Cloud Platform developed by Quanta Computer has a Path Traversal vulnerability, allowing authenticated remote attackers to read folder names under the specified path by exploiting an Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability. | ||
| CVE-2025-14848 | Med | 0.28 | 4.3 | 0.01 | Dec 18, 2025 | Advantech WebAccess/SCADA is vulnerable to absolute directory traversal, which may allow an attacker to determine the existence of arbitrary files. | ||
| CVE-2023-4172 | Med | 0.28 | 4.3 | 0.01 | Aug 5, 2023 | A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Chengdu Flash Flood Disaster Monitoring and Warning System 2.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file \Service\FileHandler.ashx. The manipulation of the argument FileDirectory leads to… | ||
| CVE-2023-2765 | Med | 0.28 | 4.3 | 0.02 | May 17, 2023 | A vulnerability has been found in Weaver OA up to 9.5 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /E-mobile/App/System/File/downfile.php. The manipulation of the argument url leads to absolute path traversal. The attack can be initiated… |
- risk 0.34cvss 5.3epss 0.00
DreamMaker developed by Interinfo has a Path Traversal vulnerability, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to read file names under arbitrary path by exploiting an Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability.
- risk 0.34cvss 5.3epss 0.00
A security vulnerability has been detected in Deepractice PromptX up to 2.4.0. The affected element is the function read_docx/read_xlsx/read_pptx/list_xlsx_sheets/read_pdf of the file packages/mcp-office/src/index.ts of the component Document File Handler. Such manipulation of…
- risk 0.34cvss 5.3epss 0.00
In Progress® Telerik® Reporting versions prior to 2025 Q1 (19.0.25.211), information disclosure is possible by a local threat actor through an absolute path vulnerability.
- risk 0.34cvss 6.3epss 0.01
PHPSpreadsheet is a pure PHP library for reading and writing spreadsheet files. It's possible for an attacker to construct an XLSX file that links images from arbitrary paths. When embedding images has been enabled in HTML writer with `$writer->setEmbedImages(true);` those files…
- risk 0.34cvss 5.3epss 0.01
An attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to files being read from the Honeywell Experion ControlEdge VirtualUOC and ControlEdge UOC. This exploit could be used to read files from the controller that may expose limited information from the device.…
- risk 0.34cvss 6.3epss 0.01
An absolute path traversal attack exists in the Ansible automation platform. This flaw allows an attacker to craft a malicious Ansible role and make the victim execute the role. A symlink can be used to overwrite a file outside of the extraction path.
- risk 0.33cvss 5.0epss 0.02
In Netgate pfSense CE 2.8.0, the "WebCfg - Diagnostics: Command" privilege allows reading arbitrary files via diag_command.php dlPath directory traversal. NOTE: the Supplier's perspective is that this is intended behavior for this privilege level, and that system administrators…
- risk 0.32cvss 4.9epss 0.01
An issue was discovered in the Shared Account Synchronization component of PaperCut MF (version 25.0.4). The application allows administrative users to configure a source path for account data synchronization. Due to a lack of proper path validation and sanitization, an…
- risk 0.32cvss 4.9epss 0.00
Vitals ESP developed by Galaxy Software Services has an Arbitrary File Read vulnerability, allowing privileged remote attackers to exploit Absolute Path Traversal to download arbitrary system files.
- risk 0.32cvss 4.9epss 0.00
The atec Debug plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.22 via the 'custom_log' parameter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to view the contents of files…
- risk 0.32cvss 4.9epss 0.00
Absolute Path Traversal in Samsung DMS(Data Management Server) allows authenticated attacker (Administrator) to read sensitive files
- risk 0.32cvss 4.9epss 0.01
IDExpert from CHANGING Information Technology does not properly validate a specific parameter in the administrator interface, allowing remote attackers with administrator privileges to exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary system files.
- risk 0.30cvss 4.6epss 0.01
Absolute path traversal in Windows Shell allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing with a physical attack.
- risk 0.29cvss —epss 0.00
pip would incorrectly handle doubly-encoded package URLs from indexes allowing for files to be installed to arbitrary locations on disk even when installing wheels. This vulnerability requires downloading or installing a package from a malicious package index to succeed,…
- risk 0.28cvss 4.3epss 0.01
A tampering vulnerability exists when .NET Core improperly handles specially crafted files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could write arbitrary files and directories to certain locations on a vulnerable system. However, an attacker would have limited…
- risk 0.28cvss 4.3epss 0.00
QOCA aim AI Medical Cloud Platform developed by Quanta Computer has a Path Traversal vulnerability, allowing authenticated remote attackers to read folder names under the specified path by exploiting an Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability.
- risk 0.28cvss 4.3epss 0.00
QOCA aim AI Medical Cloud Platform developed by Quanta Computer has a Path Traversal vulnerability, allowing authenticated remote attackers to read folder names under the specified path by exploiting an Absolute Path Traversal vulnerability.
- risk 0.28cvss 4.3epss 0.01
Advantech WebAccess/SCADA is vulnerable to absolute directory traversal, which may allow an attacker to determine the existence of arbitrary files.
- risk 0.28cvss 4.3epss 0.01
A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Chengdu Flash Flood Disaster Monitoring and Warning System 2.0. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file \Service\FileHandler.ashx. The manipulation of the argument FileDirectory leads to…
- risk 0.28cvss 4.3epss 0.02
A vulnerability has been found in Weaver OA up to 9.5 and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file /E-mobile/App/System/File/downfile.php. The manipulation of the argument url leads to absolute path traversal. The attack can be initiated…