CVE-2011-1688

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2011-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Best Practical Solutions RT 3.2.0 through 3.6.10, 3.8.0 through 3.8.9, and 4.0.0rc through 4.0.0rc7 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted HTTP request.

Affected products

bestpractical rt: 3.2.0, 3.2.1, 3.2.2, 3.2.3, 3.4.0, 3.4.1 (+41)

References

http://blog.bestpractical.com/2011/04/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-April/000187.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-April/000188.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-April/000189.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/44189
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2220
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47383
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1071
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=696795
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66795
http://blog.bestpractical.com/2011/04/security-vulnerabilities-in-rt.html
http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2011-April/000187.html

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