Path Traversal in Sonatype IQ Server from version 143 allows remote authenticated attackers to overwrite or delete files via a specially crafted request. Version 171 fixes this issue.
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.