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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-51025

pentasecurity wapples Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Oct 22, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 22, 2026 · Penta Security Systems WAPPLES

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CVE-2022-51025 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Penta Security Systems WAPPLES against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
High7.1
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.37%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Penta Security Systems WAPPLES

Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1, 5.0, and 6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the name parameter of /webapi/file/transfer. Attackers can send GET requests with type=db_backup and ../ sequences in name to read files like /etc/passwd, and a hardcoded systemi account makes authentication effectively trivial. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

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  • vendor Penta Security Systems WAPPLESversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2022-51025

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-51025 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Penta Security Systems WAPPLES against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 0.37%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. 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.

  1. Oct 22, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  2. Oct 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1, 5.0, and 6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the name parameter of /webapi/file/transfer. Attackers can send GET requests with type=db_backup and ../ sequences in name to read files like /etc/passwd, and a hardcoded systemi account makes authentication effectively trivial. Exploitation evid

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-51025

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-51025

    30-day exploitation probability 0.37%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-51025

    Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1, 5.0, and 6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the name parameter of /webapi/file/transfer. Attackers can send GET requests with type=db_backup and ../ sequences in name to

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-51025

    Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1, 5.0, and 6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the name parameter of /webapi/file/transfer. Attackers can send GET requests with type=db_backup and ../ sequences in name to

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.