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CVE-2015-8794 json

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in program/steps/addressbook/photo.inc in Roundcube before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.2 allows remote…

published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2015-8666

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.1%
EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 81%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in program/steps/addressbook/photo.inc in Roundcube before 1.0.6 and 1.1.x before 1.1.2 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in the _alt parameter, related to contact photo handling.

Patch / fix

  • roundcube Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1.2+dfsg.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8794

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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8794 updated cvss 4.9

roundcube: absolute path traversal vulnerability

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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