CWE-552— Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be.— MITRE CWE catalog
565 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-552page 11 of 12
- CVE-2019-3811MEDIUMCVSS 5.2EG 5.22019-01-15
A vulnerability was found in sssd. If a user was configured with no home directory set, sssd would return '/' (the root directory) instead of '' (the empty string / no home directory). This could impact services that restrict the user's fi…
- CVE-2017-6774MEDIUMCVSS 5.0EG 5.02017-08-17
A vulnerability in Cisco ASR 5000 Series Aggregated Services Routers running the Cisco StarOS operating system could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to overwrite or modify sensitive system files. The vulnerability is due to the inc…
- CVE-2009-3597MEDIUMCVSS v2 5.0EG 5.02009-10-08
Digitaldesign CMS 0.1 stores sensitive information under the web root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to download the database file via a direct request for autoconfig.dd.
- CVE-2005-1835MEDIUMCVSS v2 5.0EG 5.02005-06-01
NEXTWEB (i)Site stores databases under the web document root with insufficient access control, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to databases/Users.mdb.
- CVE-2026-65210MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92026-10-27
This issue may allow an authenticated IPMI Administrator to read arbitrary files from the BMC filesystem, disclosing material well beyond the intended IPMI management role.
- CVE-2026-42063MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92026-05-13
A vulnerability exists in iControl SOAP where an authenticated attacker with the Resource Administrator or Administrator role can download sensitive files. Note: Software versions which have reached End of Technical Support (EoTS) are n…
- CVE-2026-6418MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92026-05-05
An issue was discovered in the Shared Account Synchronization component of PaperCut MF (version 25.0.4). The application allows administrative users to configure a source path for account data synchronization. Due to a lack of proper pa…
- CVE-2021-4474MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92026-03-26
Ruckus Access Point products contain an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the command-line interface that allows authenticated remote attackers with administrative privileges to read arbitrary files from the underlying filesystem. Attac…
- CVE-2025-66625MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92025-12-09
Umbraco is an ASP.NET CMS. Due to unsafe handling and deletion of temporary files in versions 10.0.0 through 13.12.0, during the dictionary upload process an attacker with access to the backoffice can trigger predictable requests to tempor…
- CVE-2025-1042MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92025-02-12
An insecure direct object reference vulnerability in GitLab EE affecting all versions from 15.7 prior to 17.6.5, 17.7 prior to 17.7.4, and 17.8 prior to 17.8.2 allows an attacker to view repositories in an unauthorized way.
- CVE-2024-45894MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92024-10-07
BlueCMS 1.6 suffers from Arbitrary File Deletion via the file_name parameter in an /admin/database.php?act=del request.
- CVE-2024-27182MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92024-08-02
In Apache Linkis <= 1.5.0, Arbitrary file deletion in Basic management services on A user with an administrator account could delete any file accessible by the Linkis system user . Users are recommended to upgrade to version 1.6.0, whi…
- CVE-2024-22240MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92024-02-06
Aria Operations for Networks contains a local file read vulnerability. A malicious actor with admin privileges may exploit this vulnerability leading to unauthorized access to sensitive information.
- CVE-2023-48661MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92023-12-14
Dell vApp Manager, versions prior to 9.2.4.x contain an arbitrary file read vulnerability. A remote malicious user with high privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to read arbitrary files from the target system.
- CVE-2022-48094MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92023-02-01
lmxcms v1.41 was discovered to contain an arbitrary file read vulnerability via TemplateAction.class.php.
- CVE-2022-4108MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-12-19
The Wholesale Market for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.0.8 does not validate user input used to generate system path, allowing high privilege users such as admin to download arbitrary file from the server even when they should not …
- CVE-2022-44634MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-11-18
Auth. (admin+) Arbitrary File Read vulnerability in S2W – Import Shopify to WooCommerce plugin <= 1.1.12 on WordPress.
- CVE-2022-2981MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-10-10
The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.98 does not ensure that files to be downloaded are inside the blog folders, and not sensitive, allowing high privilege users such as admin to download the wp-config.php or /etc/passwd even i…
- CVE-2022-35235MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-08-23
Authenticated (admin+) Arbitrary File Read vulnerability in XplodedThemes WPide plugin <= 2.6 at WordPress.
- CVE-2022-22490MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-08-10
IBM Robotic Process Automation 21.0.0, 21.0.1, and 21.0.2 could allow a privileged user to obtain sensitive Azure bot credential information. IBM X-Force ID: 226342.
- CVE-2022-2222MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-07-17
The Download Monitor WordPress plugin before 4.5.91 does not ensure that files to be downloaded are inside the blog folders, and not sensitive, allowing high privilege users such as admin to download the wp-config.php or /etc/passwd even i…
- CVE-2021-25004MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-02-07
The SEUR Oficial WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 creates a PHP file with a random name when installed, even though it is used for support purposes, it allows to download any file from the web server without restriction after knowing the URL …
- CVE-2021-44983MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-02-04
In taocms 3.0.1 after logging in to the background, there is an Arbitrary file download vulnerability at the File Management column.
- CVE-2022-23316MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92022-02-04
An issue was discovered in taoCMS v3.0.2. There is an arbitrary file read vulnerability that can read any files via admin.php?action=file&ctrl=download&path=../../1.txt.
- CVE-2021-24154MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92021-04-05
The Theme Editor WordPress plugin before 2.6 did not validate the GET file parameter before passing it to the download_file() function, allowing administrators to download arbitrary files on the web server, such as /etc/passwd
- CVE-2015-4715MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92020-02-17
The fetch function in OAuth/Curl.php in Dropbox-PHP, as used in ownCloud Server before 6.0.8, 7.x before 7.0.6, and 8.x before 8.0.4 when an external Dropbox storage has been mounted, allows remote administrators of Dropbox.com to read arb…
- CVE-2017-7737MEDIUMCVSS 4.9EG 4.92017-08-10
An information disclosure vulnerability in Fortinet FortiWeb 5.8.2 and below versions allows logged-in admin user to view SNMPv3 user password in cleartext in webui via the HTML source code.
- CVE-2026-119201MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82026-10-29
Nuxt is an open-source web development framework for Vue.js. From 4.6.0 until 4.6.3, nuxt dev stores a generated appSecret in <buildDir>/app-secret, by default .nuxt/app-secret, within a directory allowed by Vite's server.fs configuration.…
- CVE-2023-4743MEDIUMCVSS 4.8EG 4.82023-09-03
A vulnerability was found in Dreamer CMS up to 4.1.3. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the file /upload/ueditorConfig?action=config. The manipulation leads to files or directories accessible. It is …
- CVE-2024-13126MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62025-03-16
The Download Manager WordPress plugin before 3.3.07 doesn't prevent directory listing on web servers that don't use htaccess, allowing unauthorized access of files.
- CVE-2020-1908MEDIUMCVSS 4.6EG 4.62020-11-03
Improper authorization of the Screen Lock feature in WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business for iOS prior to v2.20.100 could have permitted use of Siri to interact with the WhatsApp application even after the phone was locked.
- CVE-2024-3164MEDIUMCVSS 4.5EG 4.52024-04-01
In dotCMS dashboard, the Tools and Log Files tabs under System → Maintenance Portlet, which is and always has been an Admin portlet, is accessible to anyone with that portlet and not just to CMS Admins. Users that get site admin but not …
- CVE-2024-41699MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42024-08-20
Priority – CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
- CVE-2024-35183MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42024-05-15
wolfictl is a command line tool for working with Wolfi. A git authentication issue in versions prior to 0.16.10 allows a local user’s GitHub token to be sent to remote servers other than `github.com`. Most git-dependent functionality in …
- CVE-2022-45440MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42023-01-17
A vulnerability exists in the FTP server of the Zyxel AX7501-B0 firmware prior to V5.17(ABPC.3)C0, which processes symbolic links on external storage media. A local authenticated attacker with administrator privileges could abuse this vuln…
- CVE-2022-22270MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42022-01-10
An implicit Intent hijacking vulnerability in Dialer prior to SMR Jan-2022 Release 1 allows unprivileged applications to access contact information.
- CVE-2021-1434MEDIUMCVSS 4.4EG 4.42021-03-24
A vulnerability in the CLI of Cisco IOS XE SD-WAN Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite arbitrary files in the underlying file system. This vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of the parameters of a…
- CVE-2025-9273MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32025-09-02
CData API Server MySQL Misconfiguration Information Disclosure Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of CData API Server. Authentication is required to exploit…
- CVE-2024-10126MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32024-11-20
Local File Inclusion vulnerability in M-Files Server in versions before 24.11 (excluding 24.8 SR1, 24.2 SR3 and 23.8 SR7) allows an authenticated user to read server local files of a limited set of filetypes via document preview.
- CVE-2024-29225MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32024-04-04
ELECOM wireless LAN routers allow a network-adjacent unauthenticated attacker to obtain the configuration file containing sensitive information by sending a specially crafted request.
- CVE-2021-3856MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-08-26
ClassLoaderTheme and ClasspathThemeResourceProviderFactory allows reading any file available as a resource to the classloader. By sending requests for theme resources with a relative path from an external HTTP client, the client will recei…
- CVE-2022-24694MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-02-09
In Mahara 20.10 before 20.10.4, 21.04 before 21.04.3, and 21.10 before 21.10.1, the names of folders in the Files area can be seen by a person not owning the folders. (Only folder names are affected. Neither file names nor file contents ar…
- CVE-2021-20148MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32022-01-03
ManageEngine ADSelfService Plus below build 6116 stores the password policy file for each domain under the html/ web root with a predictable filename based on the domain name. When ADSSP is configured with multiple Windows domains, a user …
- CVE-2021-31600MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-11-08
An issue was discovered in Hitachi Vantara Pentaho through 9.1 and Pentaho Business Intelligence Server through 7.x. They implement a series of web services using the SOAP protocol to allow scripting interaction with the backend server. An…
- CVE-2021-34765MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-09-02
A vulnerability in the web UI for Cisco Nexus Insights could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view and download files related to the web application. The attacker requires valid device credentials. This vulnerability exists becau…
- CVE-2021-22769MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32021-06-11
A CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties vulnerability exists in Easergy T300 with firmware V2.7.1 and older that could expose files or directory content when access from an attacker is not restricted or incorrectly r…
- CVE-2019-7306MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32020-04-17
Byobu Apport hook may disclose sensitive information since it automatically uploads the local user's .screenrc which may contain private hostnames, usernames and passwords. This issue affects: byobu
- CVE-2019-17112MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32019-10-09
An issue was discovered in Zoho ManageEngine DataSecurity Plus before 5.0.1 5012. An exposed service allows a basic user ("Operator" access level) to access the configuration file of the mail server (except for the password).
- CVE-2017-1602MEDIUMCVSS 4.3EG 4.32018-03-23
IBM RSA DM (IBM Rational Collaborative Lifecycle Management 5.0 and 6.0) could allow an authenticated user to access settings that they should not be able to using a specially crafted URL. IBM X-Force ID: 132625.
- CVE-2026-87348MEDIUMCVSS 4.2EG 4.22026-10-20
Vulnerability in the PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools product of Oracle PeopleSoft (component: Updates Environment Mgmt). Supported versions that are affected are 8.61-8.63. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows high privileged attacke…
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