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CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory (Path traversal), page 196

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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.

What the weakness is: CWE-22 at MITRE. OWASP Top 10: A01:2025 Broken Access Control

Related attack patterns (CAPEC): 5
  • CAPEC-64 Using Slashes and URL Encoding Combined to Bypass Validation Logic Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-76 Manipulating Web Input to File System Calls Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High
  • CAPEC-78 Using Escaped Slashes in Alternate Encoding Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-79 Using Slashes in Alternate Encoding Likelihood: High · Severity: High
  • CAPEC-126 Path Traversal Likelihood: High · Severity: Very High

The attack patterns MITRE's CAPEC relates to CWE-22, as MITRE names them. Credits.

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  2. –CVE-2011-2167EPSS 2.2%

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  9. –CVE-2011-1900ExploitEPSS 32%

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  10. –CVE-2011-1607EPSS 2.3%

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  12. –CVE-2011-1586EPSS 3.1%

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  14. –CVE-2010-4798ExploitEPSS 2.3%

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  15. –CVE-2010-4790EPSS 1.1%

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  16. –CVE-2011-1688EPSS 3.8%

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  17. –CVE-2011-1715ExploitEPSS 8.9%

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  19. –CVE-2011-1654EPSS 11%

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  21. –CVE-2011-1566ExploitEPSS 67%

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  25. –CVE-2011-0063ExploitEPSS 85%

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