The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize "../" sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Volume of CVEs assigned to CWE-24 and their average CVSS base score over time.
Top CVEs that have been assigned this CWE. A single CVE can have multiple CWE assignments, though many have just one.
113 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2025-27920HIGH Output Messenger before 2.0.63 was vulnerable to a directory traversal attack through improper file path handling. By using ../ sequences in parameters, attackers could access sens | May 5, 2025 | 8.8 | 68 | YES | NO |
CVE-2026-39813CRITICAL A path traversal: '../filedir' vulnerability in Fortinet FortiSandbox 5.0.0 through 5.0.5, FortiSandbox 4.4.0 through 4.4.8 may allow attacker to escalation of privilege via specia | Apr 14, 2026 | 9.8 | 53 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-59342MEDIUM esm.sh is a nobuild content delivery network(CDN) for modern web development. In 136 and earlier, a path-traversal flaw in the handling of the X-Zone-Id HTTP header allows an attac | Sep 17, 2025 | 5.5 | 41 | NO | YES |
CVE-2025-54769HIGH An authenticated, read-only user can upload a file and perform a directory traversal to have the uploaded file placed in a location of their choosing. This can be used to overwrit | Jul 29, 2025 | 8.8 | 41 | NO | YES |
CVE-2022-38129CRITICAL A path traversal vulnerability exists in the com.keysight.tentacle.licensing.LicenseManager.addLicenseFile() method in the Keysight Sensor Management Server (SMS). This allows an u | Aug 10, 2022 | 9.8 | 40 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-66140HIGH Exim before 4.99.5 allows directory traversal to access files outside of the spool area, and consequently gain privileges, because arguments related to queue-name are mishandled. | Jul 24, 2026 | 8.4 | 36 | NO | NO |
CVE-2025-59049HIGH Mockoon provides way to design and run mock APIs. Prior to version 9.2.0, a mock API configuration for static file serving follows the same approach presented in the documentation | Sep 10, 2025 | 7.5 | 36 | NO | YES |
CVE-2024-6746HIGH A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in NaiboWang EasySpider 0.6.2 on Windows. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file \EasySpider\res | Jul 15, 2024 | 8.8 | 36 | NO | YES |
CVE-2026-49103CRITICAL Webmin before 2.640 does not safely construct a filename for saving of an attachment within the mailboxes component. This occurs in mailboxes/detachall.cgi. | May 27, 2026 | 9.4 | 33 | NO | NO |
CVE-2026-22810HIGH Joplin is an open source note-taking and to-do application that organises notes and lists into notebooks. Versions prior to 3.5.7 contain a path traversal vulnerability in the impo | May 18, 2026 | 7.3 | 33 | NO | NO |
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