XBMC Media Center up to 11.0 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in XBMC Media Center up to 11.0. It has been rated as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-10024. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in XBMC Media Center up to 11.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was released by Lucas Lundgren. It is possible to read the advisory at ioactive.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-10024 since 08/05/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Applying the patch bdff099c024521941cb0956fe01d99ab52a65335 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2012-6581). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: bdff099c024521941cb0956fe01d99ab52a65335

Timelineinfo

08/05/2025 Advisory disclosed
08/05/2025 +0 days CVE reserved
08/05/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
05/26/2026 +294 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: ioactive.com
Researcher: Lucas Lundgren
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2012-10024 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-10024
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-318871
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/05/2025 22:39
Updated: 05/26/2026 16:33
Changes: 08/05/2025 22:39 (68), 08/06/2025 01:53 (1), 05/26/2026 03:03 (1), 05/26/2026 16:33 (1)
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