CVE-2016-7982

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-01-18 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in ecrire/exec/valider_xml.php in SPIP 3.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to enumerate the files on the system via the var_url parameter in a valider_xml action.

Affected products

SPIP: through 3.1.2

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451
https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23200
https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-1-3-1-2-file-enumeration-path-traversal-cve-2016-7982/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/05/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/06/6
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/8
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93451
https://core.spip.net/projects/spip/repository/revisions/23200
https://sysdream.com/news/lab/2016-10-19-spip-3-1-1-3-1-2-file-enumeration-path-traversal-cve-2016-7982/

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