CVE-2022-51025CWE-22path-traversal

CVE-2022-51025

Medium · published October 22, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
30.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1, 5.0, and 6.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows authenticated attackers to download arbitrary files via the name parameter of /webapi/file/transfer. Attackers can send GET requests with type=db_backup and ../ sequences in name to read files like /etc/passwd, and a hardcoded systemi account makes authentication effectively trivial. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-19.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
7.1 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
EPSS
0.00373 · 30.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-22 · Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Published
2026-10-22T15:17Z
References (4)
https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/other/wapples-firewall-lfi.yaml · [email protected]https://medium.com/@_sadshade/wapples-web-application-firewall-multiple-vulnerabilities-35bdee52c8fb · [email protected]https://www.pentasecurity.com/product/wapples/ · [email protected]https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/penta-security-wapples-4.0.54.1-5.0-6.0-path-traversal-via-webapi-file-transfer · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 OCT 03:31Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 22 OCT 10:57Z
    Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1 / 5.0 / 6.0 Path Traversal via /webapi/file/transfer
    cvelistv5
  • 22 OCT 10:57Z
    Penta Security WAPPLES 4.0.54.1 / 5.0 / 6.0 Path Traversal via /webapi/file/transfer
    cvelistv5