HIGH
Directory traversal vulnerability in the staticfilter component in CherryPy before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences in unspecified vectors
Published Feb 22, 2006
8.7
HIGHCVSS 4.0
EPSS 2.40%
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the staticfilter component in CherryPy before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences in unspecified vectors.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 0.1
- 0.2
- 0.3
- 0.4
- 0.5
- 0.6
- 0.7
- 0.8
- 0.8_beta
- 0.9
- 0.9_beta
- 0.9_gamma
- 0.9_rc1
- 0.10
- 0.10_beta
- 0.10_rc1
- 2.0.0
- 2.0.0a1
- 2.1.0
- 2.1.0_beta
- 2.1.0_rc1
- 2.1.0_rc2
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
8.7 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements None
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality High
Vulnerable System Integrity None
Vulnerable System Availability None
Subsequent System Confidentiality None
Subsequent System Integrity None
Subsequent System Availability None
7.5 HIGH GHSA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.40% 0.02402
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02402
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02402) | 83.44th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.33% (0.02327) | 81.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.83% (0.00835) | 72.99th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00843) | 82.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 14, 2024 | 0.84% (0.00843) | 81.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 19, 2023 | 0.84% (0.00843) | 79.72th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00946) | 80.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (15)
- http://groups.google.com/group/cherrypy-announce/browse_thread/thread/92b2972f774fe6df/2f63afc9433dc306#2f63afc9433dc306 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/18944 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/20344 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=384316&group_id=56099 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.cherrypy.org x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200605-16.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16760 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/0677 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/24809 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vx77-5pf4-c9wr Advisory
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/cherrypy/PYSEC-2006-1.yaml
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0847
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140724140216/http://secunia.com/advisories/18944
- https://web.archive.org/web/20140803230356/http://secunia.com/advisories/20344
- https://web.archive.org/web/20200302050730/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16760
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 22, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 22, 2006
Link CVE-2006-0847
CISA Vulnrichment
GHSA-VX77-5PF4-C9WR Updated n/a