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Path Traversal: '../filedir'

CVE-2019-25087

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

A vulnerability was found in RamseyK httpserver. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function ResourceHost::getResource of the file src/ResourceHost.cpp of the component URI Handler. The manipulation of the argument uri leads to path traversal: '../filedir'. The attack may be initiated remotely. The name of the patch is 1a0de56e4dafff9c2f9c8f6b130a764f7a50df52. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216863.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-24 - Path Traversal: '../filedir'

The software uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.

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  • Published