Name: CVE-2008-0252: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2008-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2008-0252, CWE-22, CVSS 7.3, EPSS 0.02841

Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.3

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade cherrypy3	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 12, 2008
Gentoo Linux	—	Upgrade dev-python/cherrypy.	Oct 30, 2017	Jan 11, 2008
Ubuntu	—	Upgrade cherrypy3Upgrade python-cherrypy	Nov 19, 2024	Jan 12, 2008

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CVSS Details

Covered by Rapid7

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