File Browser has a Path-Based Access Control Bypass via Multiple Leading Slashes in URL

Summary An authenticated user can bypass the application's "Disallow" file path rules by modifying the request URL. By adding multiple slashes e.g., //private/ to the path, the authorization check fails to match the rule, while the underlying filesystem resolves the path correctly, granting...

CVE-1999-1456

thttpd HTTP server 2.03 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a GET request with more than one leading / slash character in the filename...