CVE-2012-10024

XBMC ≤ 11.0 Web Server Path Traversal

XBMC version 11, including builds up to the 2012-11-04 nightly release, 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.

Affected

XBMC · Media Center

CVSS v4.0 VULNCHECK

7.1 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS

1.31% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 70th percentile

Published

2025-08-05

Updated

2026-07-15

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://www.ioactive.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Security_Advisory_XBMC.pdf
• https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/ga…

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/xbmc_traversal.rb

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry