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CWE-22

10,946 CVEs • Abstraction: Base • Likelihood of Exploit: High

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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.

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CVEs (10,946)

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1Monkey Project
1Monkey
Apr 16, 2026
Dec 31, 2002
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Directory traversal vulnerability in Monkey HTTP Daemon 0.1.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via .. (dot dot) sequences.
1Matrixs Cgi Vault
1Last Lines
Apr 16, 2026
Dec 30, 2001
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Directory traversal vulnerability in lastlines.cgi for Last Lines 2.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via '..' sequences in the $error_log variable.
1Cherokee
1Cherokee Httpd
Apr 16, 2026
Dec 29, 2001
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
7.8 HIGH· v2
Directory traversal vulnerability in Cherokee Web Server allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URL.
1Cosmicperl
1Directory Pro
Apr 16, 2026
Oct 18, 2001
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Directory traversal vulnerability in cosmicpro.cgi in Cosmicperl Directory Pro 2.0 allows remote attackers to gain sensitive information via a .. (dot dot) in the SHOW parameter.
2Apache
Debian
2Debian Linux
Http Server
Apr 16, 2026
Mar 12, 2001
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
The default installation of Apache before 1.3.19 allows remote attackers to list directories instead of the multiview index.html file via an HTTP request for a path that contains many / (slash) characters, which causes t...Show more
The default installation of Apache before 1.3.19 allows remote attackers to list directories instead of the multiview index.html file via an HTTP request for a path that contains many / (slash) characters, which causes the path to be mishandled by (1) mod_negotiation, (2) mod_dir, or (3) mod_autoindex.Show less
1Solarwinds
1Serv U File Server
Apr 16, 2026
Feb 16, 2001
N/A· v4
N/A· v3
5.0 MEDIUM· v2
Directory traversal vulnerability in FTP Serv-U before 2.5i allows remote attackers to escape the FTP root and read arbitrary files by appending a string such as "/..%20." to a CD command, a variant of a .. (dot dot) att...Show more
Directory traversal vulnerability in FTP Serv-U before 2.5i allows remote attackers to escape the FTP root and read arbitrary files by appending a string such as "/..%20." to a CD command, a variant of a .. (dot dot) attack.Show less