Path Traversal in Saurabh Gupta Tiny Server

CVE-2012-5335

Directory traversal vulnerability in Tiny Server 1.1.5 allows remote authenticated users to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the URI of an HTTP request.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2012-10-08 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 4.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.065 (93.6th percentile), scored 2026-10-08.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.065 · newest: 0.065 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Saurabh Gupta Tiny Server — versions 1.1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74114 (vdb-entry)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18610 (Exploit, exploit)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/52541 (Exploit, vdb-entry)
www.osvdb.org/80586 (vdb-entry)