# CVE-2021-34820: Web Path Directory Traversal in the Novus HTTP Server.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-07-19 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Web Path Directory Traversal in the Novus HTTP Server. The Novus HTTP Server is affected by the Directory Traversal for Arbitrary File Access vulnerability. A remote, unauthenticated attacker using an HTTP GET request may be able to exploit this issue to access sensitive data. The issue was discovered in the NMS (Novus Management System) software through 1.51.2

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## References

- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Jul/20
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/163453/Novus-Management-System-Directory-Traversal-Cross-Site-Scripting.html

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