# CVE-2011-4948: Path traversal in n/a

> Remote attackers can read arbitrary files via directory traversal in the type parameter of admin/remote.php.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not stated
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 31 Aug 2012
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-x97j-x6m9-jfh7

## What is CVE-2011-4948?

CVE-2011-4948 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2012. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in admin/remote.php in EGroupware Enterprise Line (EPL) before 11.1.20110804-1 and EGroupware Community Edition before 1.8.001.20110805 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..%2f (encoded dot dot slash) in the type parameter.

Weakness: CWE-22 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2011-4948?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Egroupware Egroupware, Egroupware Egroupware Enterprise Line.

## How do I fix CVE-2011-4948?

No fix has been published for CVE-2011-4948 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2011-4948 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2008-2041](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2041/): Code injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3154](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3154/): Unspecified vulnerability in Walter Zorn wz_tooltip.js (aka wz_tooltips) before 4.01, as used by eGroupWare before 1.2.107-2 and other packa (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2007-3155](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-3155/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2026-22243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-22243/): EGroupware has SQL Injection in Nextmatch Filter Processing (high 8.7)
- [CVE-2014-2988](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2014-2988/): Code injection in n/a (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2011-4948 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2011-4948 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Aug 2012. It can be exploited over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2011-4948 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4948/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2011-4948/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-4948
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4948
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2011-4948

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