Questions tagged [path-injection]

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Path traversal filter bypass techniques?

I have a Linux-based embedded system with web-interface for management purposes. According to one security paper, this web-server has rudimentary filter against directory traversal attacks in URL parameters. So in order to bypass the "../" filter,…
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How to protect the code of Windows applications against path traversal?

I'm writing a simple HTTP server in Lua and while I can easily find resources on how to secure against Unix directory traversal, I already found some caveats in the Windows version. While I'm already looking for C:\ at the beginning (C being "any…
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Are path traversal attacks possible if attacker is not authenticated?

Are path traversal attacks possible if attacker is not authenticated in web-application?
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