CVE-2014-7816

Directory traversal vulnerability in JBoss Undertow 1.0.x before 1.0.17, 1.1.x before 1.1.0.CR5, and 1.2.x before 1.2.0.Beta3, when running on Windows, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in a resource URI.

CVSS v2.0 NVD

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

25.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 98th percentile

Published

2014-12-01

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• shoucheng3/undertow-io__undertow_CVE-2014-7816_1-0-16-Final0★ · 2025-08-20

Metasploit modules (1)

• rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/wildfly_traversal…

Security advisories

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1157478
• https://issues.jboss.org/browse/UNDERTOW-338
• https://issues.jboss.org/browse/WFLY-4020
• advisories/GHSA-h6p6-fc4w-cqhx
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71328

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry