# CVE-2011-1589: Directory traversal vulnerability in Path.pm in Mojolicious before 1.16 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2f..%2f (enco

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2011-04-29 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Path.pm in Mojolicious before 1.16 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2f..%2f (encoded slash dot dot slash) in a URI.

## What to do

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## References

- http://perlninja.posterous.com/sharks-in-the-water
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2221
- http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/K/KR/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16.tar.gz
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1072
- https://github.com/kraih/mojo/issues/114
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/7
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058891.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44359
- https://github.com/kraih/mojo/commit/b09854988c5b5b6a2ba53cc8661c4b2677da3818
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44051
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=622952
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/1093
- http://www.osvdb.org/71850
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/17/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47402
- http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/KRAIH/Mojolicious-1.16/Changes
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/66830
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/04/18/3
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=697229
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-April/058885.html

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