# CVE-2012-10024

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2012-10024
- **Severity:** HIGH
- **CVSS Score:** 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)
- **CWE:** CWE-22
- **Published:** Aug 5, 2025
- **Last Modified:** Jul 15, 2026

## Description

XBMC version 11, including builds up to the 2012-11-04 nightly release, 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.

## Affected Products

- XBMC — Media Center (*)
- XBMC — Media Center (0)

## References

- [CNA](https://www.ioactive.com/wp-content/uploads/pdfs/Security_Advisory_XBMC.pdf)
- [CNA](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/gather/xbmc_traversal.rb)
- [CNA](https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc/commit/bdff099c024521941cb0956fe01d99ab52a65335)
- [CNA](https://github.com/xbmc/xbmc)
- [CNA](https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/xbmc-web-server-path-traversal)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 48.84%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 97.7

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._