Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE Definition / CWE-38

    CWE-38: Path Traversal: 'absolutepathnamehere'

    The product accepts input in the form of a backslash absolute path ('absolutepathnamehere') without appropriate validation, which can allow an attacker to traverse the file system to unintended locations or access arbitrary files.

    Published:19 Jul 2006
    Organization:MITRE
    Modified:11 Dec 2025

    Related Weakness

    CWE-36: Absolute Path Traversal