CVE-2011-4367

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 33.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-06-19 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in MyFaces JavaServer Faces (JSF) in Apache MyFaces Core 2.0.x before 2.0.12 and 2.1.x before 2.1.6 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) ln parameter to faces/javax.faces.resource/web.xml or (2) the PATH_INFO to faces/javax.faces.resource/.

Affected products

Apache Myfaces: from 2.0.1 through 2.0.11; from 2.1.0 through 2.1.5

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/myfaces-announce/201202.mbox/%3C4F33ED1F.4070007%40apache.org%3E
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/79002
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Feb/150
http://secunia.com/advisories/47973
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51939
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73100
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/myfaces-announce/201202.mbox/%3C4F33ED1F.4070007%40apache.org%3E
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/79002
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Feb/150
http://secunia.com/advisories/47973
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/51939
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73100

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