XBMC version 11, including builds up to the 2012-11-04 nightly release, contains a path traversal vulnerability in its embedded HTTP server. When accessed via HTTP Basic Authentication, the server fails to properly sanitize URI input, allowing authenticated users to request files outside the intended document root. An attacker can exploit this flaw to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem, including sensitive configuration or credential files.
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First Time appeared Xbmc
Xbmc xbmc
Vendors & Products Xbmc
Xbmc xbmc

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Description XBMC version 11, including builds up to the 2012-11-04 nightly release, contains a path traversal vulnerability in its embedded HTTP server. When accessed via HTTP Basic Authentication, the server fails to properly sanitize URI input, allowing authenticated users to request files outside the intended document root. An attacker can exploit this flaw to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem, including sensitive configuration or credential files.
Title XBMC ≤ 11.0 Web Server Path Traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published: 2025-08-05T20:07:06.342Z

Updated: 2025-08-05T20:49:10.563Z

Reserved: 2025-08-05T14:36:33.677Z

Link: CVE-2012-10024

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2025-08-05T20:49:06.461Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-05T20:15:33.033

Modified: 2025-08-05T21:06:02.657

Link: CVE-2012-10024

cve-icon Redhat

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