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CVE-2012-10061: Sockso Music Host Server <= 1.5 Path Traversal

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.7 v4.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-08-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Sockso Music Host Server versions <= 1.5 are vulnerable to a path traversal flaw that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server’s filesystem. The vulnerability exists in the HTTP interface on port 4444, where the endpoint /file/ fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Attackers can traverse directories and access sensitive files outside the intended web root.

Affected products

• Sockso Project Music Host Server: through 1.5

References

• http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sockso_1-adv.txt
• https://github.com/rodnaph/sockso
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/sockso_traversal.rb
• https://web.archive.org/web/20120326095835/http://sockso.pu-gh.com/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18605
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sockso-music-host-server-path-traversal

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