CVE-2008-0252
Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 2.6% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0001)
- Published
- January 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0001 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- cherrypy / cherrypy
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28353
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28354(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28611
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28620
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28769
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-11.xml
- http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1776(Exploit)
- http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/744(Exploit)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1481
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487001/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27181
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0039
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204829
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2127
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00240.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00297.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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