Vulnerability · CVE-2012-10024
XBMC version 11.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in its embedded HTTP server.
Published Aug 5, 2025 · catalog updated Jul 15, 2026 · XBMC Media Center
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2012-10024. EPSS is 1.31%. Act only if a listed version of XBMC Media Center is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.1
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 1.31%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- vendor XBMC Media Center 0 ≤11.0
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.
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- vendor XBMC Media Center 0 ≤11.00 ≤11.0
How to fix CVE-2012-10024
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2012-10024. EPSS is 1.31%. Act only if a listed version of XBMC Media Center is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with XBMC Media Center 0 ≤11.0 0 ≤11.0. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 1.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Aug 5, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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
Jul 15, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
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
Sources
- EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2012-6581
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 e
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Jul 15, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.