In some non-default installations of Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions 10.9.1 and below, a directory traversal issue may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to traverse the file system and lead to the disclosure of sensitive data (not customer-published content).

In WhatsUp Gold versions released before 2023.1.3,  an unauthenticated Arbitrary File Read issue exists in Wug.UI.Areas.Wug.Controllers.SessionController.CachedCSS. This vulnerability allows reading of any file with iisapppool\NmConsole privileges.

Penpot is an open-source design tool for design and code collaboration. Prior to version 2.13.2, an authenticated user can read arbitrary files from the server by supplying a local file path (e.g. `/etc/passwd`) as a font data chunk in the `create-font-variant` RPC endpoint, resulting in the file contents being stored and retrievable as a "font" asset. This is an arbitrary file read vulnerability. Any authenticated user with team edit permissions can read arbitrary files accessible to the Penpot backend process on the host filesystem. This can lead to exposure of sensitive system files, application secrets, database credentials, and private keys, potentially enabling further compromise of the server. In containerized deployments, the blast radius may be limited to the container filesystem, but environment variables, mounted secrets, and application configuration are still at risk. Version 2.13.2 contains a patch for the issue.

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Chetan Khandla Woocommerce Product Design woo-product-design allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Woocommerce Product Design: from n/a through <= 1.0.0.

ZimaOS is a fork of CasaOS, an operating system for Zima devices and x86-64 systems with UEFI. In version 1.2.4 and all prior versions, the API endpoint `http://<Zima_Server_IP:PORT>/v2_1/file` in ZimaOS is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack, allowing authenticated users to list the contents of any directory on the server. By manipulating the path parameter, attackers can access sensitive system directories such as `/etc`, potentially exposing critical configuration files and increasing the risk of further attacks. As of time of publication, no known patched versions are available.

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files on affected installations of Ivanti Avalanche 6.3.3.101. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the AgentTaskHandler class. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose stored session cookies, leading to further compromise. Was ZDI-CAN-15967.

Path Traversal in Sonatype Nexus Repository 3 allows an unauthenticated attacker to read system files. Fixed in version 3.68.1.

Path Traversal vulnerability in Deytek Informatics FileOrbis File Management System allows Path Traversal. This issue affects FileOrbis File Management System: from unspecified before 10.6.3.

ZimaOS is a fork of CasaOS, an operating system for Zima devices and x86-64 systems with UEFI. In version 1.2.4 and all prior versions, the ZimaOS API endpoint `http://<Zima_Server_IP:PORT>/v3/file?token=<token>&files=<file_path>` is vulnerable to arbitrary file reading due to improper input validation. By manipulating the `files` parameter, authenticated users can read sensitive system files, including `/etc/shadow`, which contains password hashes for all users. This vulnerability exposes critical system data and poses a high risk for privilege escalation or system compromise. The vulnerability occurs because the API endpoint does not validate or restrict file paths provided via the `files` parameter. An attacker can exploit this by manipulating the file path to access sensitive files outside the intended directory. As of time of publication, no known patched versions are available.

A path traversal vulnerability exists in the parisneo/lollms application, affecting version 9.4.0 and potentially earlier versions, but fixed in version 5.9.0. The vulnerability arises due to improper validation of file paths between Windows and Linux environments, allowing attackers to traverse beyond the intended directory and read any file on the Windows system. Specifically, the application fails to adequately sanitize file paths containing backslashes (`\`), which can be exploited to access the root directory and read, or even delete, sensitive files. This issue was discovered in the context of the `/user_infos` endpoint, where a crafted request using backslashes to reference a file (e.g., `\windows\win.ini`) could result in unauthorized file access. The impact of this vulnerability includes the potential for attackers to access sensitive information such as environment variables, database files, and configuration files, which could lead to further compromise of the system.

FLIR AX8 thermal sensor cameras version up to and including 1.46.16 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal due to an improper access restriction. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this by sending a URI that contains directory traversal characters to disclose the contents of files located outside of the server's restricted path. NOTE: The vendor has stated that with the introduction of firmware version 1.49.16 (Jan 2023) the FLIR AX8 should no longer be affected by the vulnerability reported. Latest firmware version (as of Oct 2025, was released Jun 2024) is 1.55.16.

Hitachi Kokusai Electric Newtork products for monitoring system (Camera, Decoder and Encoder) and below allows attckers to perform a directory traversal via a crafted GET request to the endpoint /ptippage.cgi. Security information ID hitachi-sec-2022-001 contains fixes for the issue.

Payara through 5.2022.2 allows directory traversal without authentication. This affects Payara Server, Payara Micro, and Payara Server Embedded.

A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HPE OfficeConnect 1820, and 1850 switch series. The vulnerability could be remotely exploited to allow remote directory traversal in HPE OfficeConnect 1820 switch series version PT.02.17 and below, HPE OfficeConnect 1850 switch series version PC.01.23 and below, and HPE OfficeConnect 1850 (10G aggregator) switch version PO.01.22 and below.

Zoo 2.10 has Directory traversal

Carel pCOWeb HVAC BACnet Gateway 2.1.0, Firmware: A2.1.0 - B2.1.0, Application Software: 2.15.4A Software v16 13020200 suffers from an unauthenticated arbitrary file disclosure vulnerability. Input passed through the 'file' GET parameter through the 'logdownload.cgi' Bash script is not properly verified before being used to download log files. This can be exploited to disclose the contents of arbitrary and sensitive files via directory traversal attacks.

An issue was discovered on the D-Link DWR-932B router. qmiweb allows file reading with ..%2f traversal.

Sanic is an opensource python web server/framework. Affected versions of sanic allow access to lateral directories when using `app.static` if using encoded `%2F` URLs. Parent directory traversal is not impacted. Users are advised to upgrade. There is no known workaround for this issue.

Wikmd is a file based wiki that uses markdown. Prior to version 1.7.1, Wikmd is vulnerable to path traversal when accessing `/list/<path:folderpath>` and discloses lists of files located on the server including sensitive data. Version 1.7.1 fixes this issue.

Funadmin v5.0.2 has an arbitrary file read vulnerability in /curd/index/editfile.

The vulnerability was found in Moodle, occurs due to input validation error when importing lesson questions. This insufficient path checks results in arbitrary file read risk. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks. The capability to access this feature is only available to teachers, managers and admins by default.

Boa web server - CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

mat2 (aka metadata anonymisation toolkit) before 0.13.0 allows ../ directory traversal during the ZIP archive cleaning process. This primarily affects mat2 web instances, in which clients could obtain sensitive information via a crafted archive.

IDURAR is open source ERP CRM accounting invoicing software. The vulnerability exists in the corePublicRouter.js file. Using the reference usage here, it is identified that the public endpoint is accessible to an unauthenticated user. The user's input is directly appended to the join statement without additional checks. This allows an attacker to send URL encoded malicious payload. The directory structure can be escaped to read system files by adding an encoded string (payload) at subpath location.

In JetBrains TeamCity before 2024.07.3 path traversal leading to information disclosure was possible via server backups

Gradio is an open-source Python package designed for quick prototyping. This is a **data validation vulnerability** affecting several Gradio components, which allows arbitrary file leaks through the post-processing step. Attackers can exploit these components by crafting requests that bypass expected input constraints. This issue could lead to sensitive files being exposed to unauthorized users, especially when combined with other vulnerabilities, such as issue TOB-GRADIO-15. The components most at risk are those that return or handle file data. Vulnerable Components: 1. **String to FileData:** DownloadButton, Audio, ImageEditor, Video, Model3D, File, UploadButton. 2. **Complex data to FileData:** Chatbot, MultimodalTextbox. 3. **Direct file read in preprocess:** Code. 4. **Dictionary converted to FileData:** ParamViewer, Dataset. Exploit Scenarios: 1. A developer creates a Dropdown list that passes values to a DownloadButton. An attacker bypasses the allowed inputs, sends an arbitrary file path (like `/etc/passwd`), and downloads sensitive files. 2. An attacker crafts a malicious payload in a ParamViewer component, leaking sensitive files from a server through the arbitrary file leak. This issue has been resolved in `gradio>5.0`. Upgrading to the latest version will mitigate this vulnerability. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

An issue was discovered on the D-Link DWR-932B router. qmiweb allows directory listing with ../ traversal.

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The Wikimedia Foundation Mediawiki - CSS Extension allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Mediawiki - CSS Extension: from 1.42.X before 1.42.2, from 1.41.X before 1.41.3, from 1.39.X before 1.39.9.

A vulnerability in NLTK versions up to and including 3.9.2 allows arbitrary file read via path traversal in multiple CorpusReader classes, including WordListCorpusReader, TaggedCorpusReader, and BracketParseCorpusReader. These classes fail to properly sanitize or validate file paths, enabling attackers to traverse directories and access sensitive files on the server. This issue is particularly critical in scenarios where user-controlled file inputs are processed, such as in machine learning APIs, chatbots, or NLP pipelines. Exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files, including system files, SSH private keys, and API tokens, and may potentially escalate to remote code execution when combined with other vulnerabilities.

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in Wikimedia Foundation MediaWiki - CSS extension allows Path Traversal.This issue affects MediaWiki - CSS extension: 1.44, 1.43, 1.39.

eNMS 4.4.0 to 4.7.1 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via scan_folder.

eNMS 4.0.0 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via get_tree_files.

SHIRASAGI prior to v1.19.1 processes URLs in HTTP requests improperly, resulting in a path traversal vulnerability. If this vulnerability is exploited, arbitrary files on the server may be retrieved when processing crafted HTTP requests.

The Activity plugin before 3.1.1 for GLPI allows reading local files via directory traversal in the front/cra.send.php file parameter.

The Managentities plugin before 4.0.2 for GLPI allows reading local files via directory traversal in the inc/cri.class.php file parameter.

The history-collection plugin through 1.1.1 for WordPress has directory traversal via the download.php var parameter.

Path Traversal in Ivanti Avalanche before version 6.4.5 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to leak sensitive information

eNMS up to 4.7.1 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal via download/folder.

phpok v3.0 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file read vulnerability via the component /autoload/file.php.

Hoverfly is a lightweight service virtualization/ API simulation / API mocking tool for developers and testers. The `/api/v2/simulation` POST handler allows users to create new simulation views from the contents of a user-specified file. This feature can be abused by an attacker to read arbitrary files from the Hoverfly server. Note that, although the code prevents absolute paths from being specified, an attacker can escape out of the `hf.Cfg.ResponsesBodyFilesPath` base path by using `../` segments and reach any arbitrary files. This issue was found using the Uncontrolled data used in path expression CodeQL query for python. Users are advised to make sure the final path (`filepath.Join(hf.Cfg.ResponsesBodyFilesPath, filePath)`) is contained within the expected base path (`filepath.Join(hf.Cfg.ResponsesBodyFilesPath, "/")`). This issue is also tracked as GHSL-2023-274.

A Path Traversal Information Disclosure vulnerability exists in "Sante PACS Server.exe". An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit it to download arbitrary files on the disk drive where the application is installed.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Action View in Ruby on Rails before 3.2.22.1, 4.0.x and 4.1.x before 4.1.14.1, 4.2.x before 4.2.5.1, and 5.x before 5.0.0.beta1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging an application's unrestricted use of the render method and providing a .. (dot dot) in a pathname.

OneDev is a Git server with CI/CD, kanban, and packages. A vulnerability in versions prior to 11.0.9 allows unauthenticated users to read arbitrary files accessible by the OneDev server process. This issue has been fixed in version 11.0.9.

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in OpenText NetIQ Access Manager allows access the sensitive information. This issue affects NetIQ Access Manager before 5.0.4 and before 5.1.

LangChain is a framework for building agents and LLM-powered applications. Prior to version 1.2.22, multiple functions in langchain_core.prompts.loading read files from paths embedded in deserialized config dicts without validating against directory traversal or absolute path injection. When an application passes user-influenced prompt configurations to load_prompt() or load_prompt_from_config(), an attacker can read arbitrary files on the host filesystem, constrained only by file-extension checks (.txt for templates, .json/.yaml for examples). This issue has been patched in version 1.2.22.

Avigilon – CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

extractFromZipFile in model.go in Ollama before 0.1.47 can extract members of a ZIP archive outside of the parent directory.

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in vanquish Upload Files Anywhere wp-upload-files-anywhere allows Path Traversal.This issue affects Upload Files Anywhere: from n/a through <= 2.8.

OMICARD EDM’s mail image relay function has a path traversal vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to by-pass authentication and access arbitrary system files.

Jenkins Embeddable Build Status Plugin 2.0.3 and earlier allows specifying a `style` query parameter that is used to choose a different SVG image style without restricting possible values, resulting in a relative path traversal vulnerability that allows attackers without Overall/Read permission to specify paths to other SVG images on the Jenkins controller file system.