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CVE-2008-0252

N/A

Published: January 12, 2008 at 02:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:49 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorCherrypy

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cherrypy · Cherrypy

95%

v ≤ 2.1.0v ≤ 3.0.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (18)

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/28353

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/28354

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/28611

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/28620

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/28769

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO

Source: [email protected]

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-11.xml

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774

x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch

Source: [email protected]

http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-22

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