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CVE-2016-1231
Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers…
- 5.9MediumCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified path.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 16 days later
· 16 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
7
- FEDORA-2016-e289f41b76 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://prosody.im/issues/issue/520 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2016-38e48069f8 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- DSA-3439 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-1/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160108 CVE-2016-1231, CVE-2016-1232: Prosody XMPP server multiple vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2016-2332 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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