Vulnerability details
CVE-2012-10024
XBMC Media Center
XBMC ≤ 11.0 Web Server Path Traversal
CVSS 4.0
7.1High
Official description
XBMC version 11.0 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.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.1High | 4.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (VulnCheck) | 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 |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| XBMC | Media Center | v ≤ 11.0 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
5- https://www.ioactive.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Security_Advisory_XBMC.pdf technical-descriptionexploit
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/xbmc_traversal.rb exploit
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/bdff099c024521941cb0956fe01d99ab52a65335 patch
- https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc product
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xbmc-web-server-path-traversal third-party-advisory
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Details
- Published
- 2025-08-05
- Last updated
- 2026-07-15
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- VulnCheck
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.42%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
73%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- Proof of concept
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')