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1 vulnerability found for BSCW Server by OrbiTeam

CVE-2021-48017 (GCVE-0-2021-48017)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-10-22 10:57
Modified
2026-10-29 11:16
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Summary
OrbiTeam BSCW Server 5.x before 5.2.5 and 7.x before 7.4.4 contains an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the style_name parameter of the theme operation. Attackers can send GET requests to /pub/bscw.cgi/<id>?op=theme with ../ sequences in style_name to read local files such as /etc/passwd. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-22.
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
OrbiTeam BSCW Server Version: 5.0.0   < 5.2.5
Version: 7.0.0   < 7.4.4
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