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CVE-2018-7171

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 27.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-03-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Twonky Server 7.0.11 through 8.5 allows remote attackers to share the contents of arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the contentbase parameter to rpc/set_all.

Affected products

• Lynxtechnology Twonky Server: from 7.0.11 through 8.5

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146938/TwonkyMedia-Server-7.0.11-8.5-Directory-Traversal.html
• https://github.com/mechanico/sharingIsCaring/blob/master/twonky.py
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44350/
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146938/TwonkyMedia-Server-7.0.11-8.5-Directory-Traversal.html
• https://github.com/mechanico/sharingIsCaring/blob/master/twonky.py
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44350/

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