# CVE-2012-1089: Path traversal in n/a

> Remote attackers can read arbitrary web-application files via directory traversal in Apache Wicket, exposing sensitive data.

- **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 needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 23 Mar 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cp23-9h5q-3326

## What is CVE-2012-1089?

CVE-2012-1089 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Apache Wicket 1.4.x before 1.4.20 and 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary web-application files via a relative pathname in a URL for a Wicket resource that corresponds to a null package.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1089?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Apache Wicket.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-1089?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1089 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-1089 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1089 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2024-36522](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-36522/): Apache Wicket: Remote code execution via XSLT injection (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2026-40010](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40010/): Apache Wicket: possible session fixation using AuthenticatedWebSession (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2016-6793](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6793/): Deserialization in n/a (critical 9.1)
- [CVE-2016-6806](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-6806/): Apache Wicket vulnerable to CSRF attacks (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2026-71257](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-71257/): Apache Wicket: Configured file upload limits are not enforced when the multipart request has already been parsed (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-1089 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-1089 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 23 Mar 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1089 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-2012-1089/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1089/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-1089
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-1089
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-1089

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