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
