CVE-2020-12251
An issue was discovered in Gigamon GigaVUE 5.5.01.11. The upload functionality allows an authenticated user to change the filename value (in the POST method) from the original filename to achieve directory traversal via a ../ sequence and, for example, obtain a complete directory listing of the machine.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 2.2 (v3.1)
- Severity
- LOW
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (68th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2020-4565)
- Published
- April 29, 2020
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2020-4565 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 4, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gigamon / gigavue
Certified products that may be affected
4 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- GigaVUE-HC3 Visibility Appliance - Gigamon Inc. - FIPS 140 3832 - historical
- GigaVUE-HC2 Visibility Appliance - Gigamon Inc. - FIPS 140 3831 - historical
- Gigamon GigaVUE Version 5.9.00 - Gigamon, Inc - Common Criteria CCEVS-VR-VID-11129-2021 - archived
- GigaVUE-HC2 Visibility Appliance - Gigamon Inc. - FIPS 140 3653 - historical
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157484/Gigamon-GigaVUE-5.5.01.11-Directory-Traversal-File-Upload.html(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Apr/56(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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