CVE-2014-3855

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
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: yes
Published: 2014-08-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in download.py in Pyplate 0.08 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the filename parameter.

Affected products

Pyplate: 0.08

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/23/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/23/1

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