CVE-2021-48017
7.5, highOrbiTeam BSCW Server Path Traversal Vulnerability
- CVSS
- 7.5, high high CVSS v3.1
- EPSS, next 30 days
- n/a
- Exploitation
- No public evidence
- Published
- 22 Oct 2026yesterday
Description
OrbiTeam BSCW Server 5.x before 5.2.5 and 7.x before 7.4.4 contains an unauthenticated path traversal vulnerability in the style_name parameter of the theme operation. Attackers can send GET requests to /pub/bscw.cgi/<id>?op=theme with ../ sequences in style_name to read local files such as /etc/passwd. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-22.
Details
- Vendor
- OrbiTeam
- Product
- BSCW Server
- Weakness
- CWE-22 (opens in a new tab)
- Status
- Deferred
- Updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- Assigner
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 23 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.