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CVE-2018-16478 (GCVE-0-2018-16478)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-12-04 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 10:24
VLAI
Summary
A Path Traversal in simplehttpserver versions <=0.2.1 allows to list any file in another folder of web root.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Path Traversal (CWE-22)
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://hackerone.com/reports/403703 x_refsource_MISC
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a simplehttpserver Affected: Not Fixed
Date Public
2018-12-04 00:00
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