There is a path traversal in Esri Portal for ArcGIS versions <= 11.2. Successful exploitation may allow a remote, authenticated attacker to traverse the file system to access files or execute code outside of the intended directory.
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.