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TI-2012-05447 Aliases CVE-2012-10024GHSA-4754-xhrr-vjvp

XBMC ≤ 11.0 Web Server Path Traversal

Priority HIGH 70CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

XBMC version 11.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its embedded HTTP server. When accessed via HTTP Basic Authentication, the server fails to properly sanitize URI input, allowing authenticated users to request files outside the intended document root. An attacker can exploit this flaw to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem, including sensitive configuration or credential files.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01428 73rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
XBMCMedia Centerup to 11.0—No fix listedCNA
  • Media Center VendorXBMC Affected up to 11.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-10024
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4754-xhrr-vjvp

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

Other 1

  • TI-2014-03080 XBMC 13.0 uses world-readable permissions for .xbmc/userdata/sources.xml, which allows… CVSS 2.0LOW 2.1

Sources

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