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CVE-2022-51025: Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1 / 5.0 / 6.0 Path Traversal via /webapi/file/transfer

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-22 · updated 2026-10-23
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1, 5.0, and 6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the name parameter of /webapi/file/transfer. Attackers can send GET requests with type=db_backup and ../ sequences in name to read files like /etc/passwd, and a hardcoded systemi account makes authentication effectively trivial. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

Affected products

• Penta Security Systems WAPPLES: 4.0.54.1, 5.0, 6.0

References

• https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/other/wapples-firewall-lfi.yaml
• https://medium.com/@_sadshade/wapples-web-application-firewall-multiple-vulnerabilities-35bdee52c8fb
• https://www.pentasecurity.com/product/wapples/
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/penta-security-wapples-4.0.54.1-5.0-6.0-path-traversal-via-webapi-file-transfer

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