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CVE-2012-10024: XBMC ≤ 11.0 Web Server Path Traversal

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• XBMC Media Center: through 11.0

References

• https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc
• https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/bdff099c024521941cb0956fe01d99ab52a65335
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/xbmc_traversal.rb
• https://www.ioactive.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Security_Advisory_XBMC.pdf
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xbmc-web-server-path-traversal

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