# CVE-2012-10024: XBMC ≤ 11.0 Web Server Path Traversal

> Authenticated attackers can exploit a path traversal flaw in XBMC's embedded HTTP server to read arbitrary files from the host filesystem.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Aug 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Jul 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4754-xhrr-vjvp

## What is CVE-2012-10024?

CVE-2012-10024 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in XBMC Media Center, published on 5 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-10024?


## How do I fix CVE-2012-10024?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-10024 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-10024 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-10024 exists.

Public exploit code:

- XBMC Web Server Directory Traversal (metasploit)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-10024 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-10024 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in XBMC Media Center, published on 5 Aug 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2012-10024 exists.

Affected product: XBMC Media Center. 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-2012-10024/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-10024/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-10024
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-10024
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-10024

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