In Opsview Monitor Pro (Prior to 5.1.0.162300841, prior to 5.0.2.27475, prior to 4.6.4.162391051, and 4.5.x without a certain 2016 security patch), an unauthenticated Directory Traversal vulnerability can be exploited by issuing a specially crafted HTTP GET request utilizing a simple URL encoding bypass, %252f instead of /.
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
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https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2016-016/?fid=8341 | third party advisory exploit |