CWE-73— External Control of File Name or Path
The product allows user input to control or influence paths or file names that are used in filesystem operations.— MITRE CWE catalog
779 active CVEs classified under this weakness category. Sourced from NVD, GHSA, and vendor advisories. Full definition on MITRE →
CVEs classified under CWE-73page 7 of 16
- CVE-2024-20652HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12024-01-09
Windows HTML Platforms Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-1105HIGHCVSS 8.1EG 8.12023-03-01
External Control of File Name or Path in GitHub repository flatpressblog/flatpress prior to 1.3.
- CVE-2026-58293HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 8.12026-07-03
External control of file name or path in Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.
- CVE-2026-33989HIGHCVSS 6.5EG 8.12026-03-27
Mobile Next is an MCP server for mobile development and automation. Prior to version 0.0.49, the `@mobilenext/mobile-mcp` server contains a Path Traversal vulnerability in the `mobile_save_screenshot` and `mobile_start_screen_recording` to…
- CVE-2026-20931HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02026-01-13
External control of file name or path in Windows Telephony Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over an adjacent network.
- CVE-2025-26646HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02025-05-13
External control of file name or path in .NET, Visual Studio, and Build Tools for Visual Studio allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing over a network.
- CVE-2024-29800HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-05-14
Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Timber Team & Contributors Timber.This issue affects Timber: from n/a through 1.23.0.
- CVE-2024-1485HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02024-02-14
A flaw was found in the decompression function of registry-support. This issue can be triggered if an unauthenticated remote attacker tricks a user into parsing a devfile which uses the `parent` or `plugin` keywords. This could download a …
- CVE-2020-15264HIGHCVSS 8.0EG 8.02020-10-20
The Boxstarter installer before version 2.13.0 configures C:\ProgramData\Boxstarter to be in the system-wide PATH environment variable. However, this directory is writable by normal, unprivileged users. To exploit the vulnerability, place …
- CVE-2021-21343HIGHCVSS 7.5EG 8.02021-03-23
XStream is a Java library to serialize objects to XML and back again. In XStream before version 1.4.16, there is a vulnerability where the processed stream at unmarshalling time contains type information to recreate the formerly written ob…
- CVE-2026-119250HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-29
A malicious actor with local access and low privileges could exploit an External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability found in WiFiman Desktop to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the host device.
- CVE-2026-69783HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-10-13
External control of file name or path in Windows Update allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-91797HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-09-23
Foxit PDF Editor/Reader failed to validate the directory traversal path in the attachment file name, resulting in malicious attachments being able to be written to directories outside the expected secure area when the PDF is opened.
- CVE-2026-62804HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-09-08
External control of file name or path in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.
- CVE-2026-80119HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-09-04
PassMark PerformanceTest before 11.1 build 1012, BurnInTest before 11.1 build 1000, and OSForensics before 11.1 build 1016 contain an information disclosure vulnerability in DirectIo64.sys that allows unauthenticated local attackers to dum…
- CVE-2026-16898HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-08-13
IBM i 7.6, 7.5, 7.4, and 7.3 could allow a local authenticated attacker to change the ownership of arbitrary files due to improper validation of an attacker-controlled file path.
- CVE-2026-50462HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-14
External control of file name or path in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-49360HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-07-02
Recce is a data-validation toolkit for enhanced dbt (data build tool) PR review. Prior to version 1.50.0, OSS server deployments that expose the server to an untrusted network without authentication are vulnerable to unauthenticated SQL ex…
- CVE-2026-30905HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-05-13
External Control of File Name or Path in the Zoom Workplace VDI Plugin Windows Universal Installer before version 6.6.11 may allow an authenticated user to conduct an escalation of privilege via local access.
- CVE-2026-41088HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-05-12
Access of resource using incompatible type ('type confusion') in Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-32204HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-05-12
External control of file name or path in Azure Monitor Agent allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-5054HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-04-11
NoMachine External Control of File Path Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows local attackers to escalate privileges on affected installations of NoMachine. An attacker must first obtain the ability to execute…
- CVE-2026-25573HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-03-10
A vulnerability has been identified in SICAM SIAPP SDK (All versions < V2.1.7). The affected application builds shell commands with caller-provided strings and executes them. An attacker could influence the executed command, potentially re…
- CVE-2026-24287HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-03-10
External control of file name or path in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2026-25636HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-02-06
calibre is an e-book manager. In 9.1.0 and earlier, a path traversal vulnerability in Calibre's EPUB conversion allows a malicious EPUB file to corrupt arbitrary existing files writable by the Calibre process. During conversion, Calibre re…
- CVE-2025-62842HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82026-01-02
An external control of file name or path vulnerability has been reported to affect HBS 3 Hybrid Backup Sync. If an attacker gains local network access, they can then exploit the vulnerability to read or modify files or directories. We hav…
- CVE-2025-59516HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-12-09
Missing authentication for critical function in Windows Storage VSP Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2025-59511HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-11-11
External control of file name or path in Windows WLAN Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2020-36868HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-10-30
Nagios XI versions prior to 5.7.3 contain a privilege escalation vulnerability in the getprofile.sh helper script. The script performed profile retrieval and initialization routines using insecure file/command handling and insufficient v…
- CVE-2025-55316HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82025-09-09
External control of file name or path in Azure Arc allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
- CVE-2024-4230HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-12-19
External Control of File Name or Path vulnerability in Edgecross Basic Software for Windows versions 1.00 and later and Edgecross Basic Software for Developers versions 1.00 and later allows a malicious local attacker to execute an arbitra…
- CVE-2024-41183HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-10-22
Trend Micro VPN, version 5.8.1012 and below is vulnerable to an arbitrary file overwrite under specific conditions that can lead to elevation of privileges.
- CVE-2024-20366HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82024-05-15
A vulnerability in the Tail-f High Availability Cluster Communications (HCC) function pack of Cisco Crosswork Network Services Orchestrator (NSO) could allow an authenticated, local attacker to elevate privileges to root on an affected dev…
- CVE-2023-5247HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82023-11-30
Malicious Code Execution Vulnerability due to External Control of File Name or Path in multiple Mitsubishi Electric FA Engineering Software Products allows a malicious attacker to execute a malicious code by having legitimate users open a …
- CVE-2023-21566HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82023-02-14
Visual Studio Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-21800HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82023-02-14
Windows Installer Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2020-6105HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-10-15
An exploitable code execution vulnerability exists in the multiple devices functionality of F2fs-Tools F2fs.Fsck 1.13. A specially crafted f2fs filesystem can cause Information overwrite resulting in a code execution. An attacker can provi…
- CVE-2020-1984HIGHCVSS 7.8EG 7.82020-04-08
Secdo tries to execute a script at a hardcoded path if present, which allows a local authenticated user with 'create folders or append data' access to the root of the OS disk (C:\) to gain system privileges if the path does not already exi…
- CVE-2026-73496HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-09-14
MCP Atlassian is a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Atlassian products (Confluence and Jira). Prior to 0.22.0, the confluence_upload_attachment and confluence_upload_attachments tools pass a client-controlled file_path through src/m…
- CVE-2026-18127HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-08-11
External control of a filename in the Core of Ivanti Endpoint Manager before version 2024 SU7 allows a remote authenticated attacker full write control over an S3 bucket configured for session recording storage.
- CVE-2026-50158HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-07-14
yutu is an AI-powered toolkit for managing and growing YouTube channels. Prior to 0.10.9, the caption-download MCP tool accepts a caller-controlled file parameter through cmd/caption/download.go and passes it to Caption.Download() in pkg/c…
- CVE-2026-42845HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-05-11
The form plugin for Grav adds the ability to create and use forms. Prior to 9.1.0 , there is an unauthenticated page-content overwrite via file upload (GHSA-w4rc-p66m-x6qq). Public form uploads now strip path components from the POST-suppl…
- CVE-2025-61879HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-02-12
In Infoblox NIOS through 9.0.7, a High-Privileged User Can Trigger an Arbitrary File Write via the Account Creation Mechanism.
- CVE-2026-23529HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72026-01-16
Kafka Connect BigQuery Connector is an implementation of a sink connector from Apache Kafka to Google BigQuery. Prior to 2.11.0, there is an arbitrary file read in Google BigQuery Sink connector. Aiven's Google BigQuery Kafka Connect Sink …
- CVE-2025-62382HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72025-10-15
Frigate is a network video recorder (NVR) with realtime local object detection for IP cameras. Prior to 0.16.2, Frigate's export workflow allows an authenticated operator to nominate any filesystem location as the thumbnail source for a vi…
- CVE-2025-59200HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72025-10-14
Concurrent execution using shared resource with improper synchronization ('race condition') in Data Sharing Service Client allows an unauthorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.
- CVE-2025-54780HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72025-08-05
The glpi-screenshot-plugin allows users to take screenshots or screens recording directly from GLPI. In versions below 2.0.2, authenticated user can use the /ajax/screenshot.php endpoint to leak files from the system or use PHP wrappers. T…
- CVE-2025-3033HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72025-04-01
After selecting a malicious Windows `.url` shortcut from the local filesystem, an unexpected file could be uploaded. *This bug only affects Firefox on Windows. Other operating systems are unaffected.*. This vulnerability was fixed in Fir…
- CVE-2024-33671HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72024-04-26
An issue was discovered in Veritas Backup Exec before 22.2 HotFix 917391. The Backup Exec Deduplication Multi-threaded Streaming Agent can be leveraged to perform arbitrary file deletion on protected files.
- CVE-2023-28603HIGHCVSS 7.7EG 7.72023-06-13
Zoom VDI client installer prior to 5.14.0 contains an improper access control vulnerability. A malicious user may potentially delete local files without proper permissions.
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