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CVE-2012-10061

Published: Aug 20, 2025

Modified: May 15, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

Sockso Music Host Server versions <= 1.5 are vulnerable to a path traversal flaw that allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files from the server’s filesystem. The vulnerability exists in the HTTP interface on port 4444, where the endpoint /file/ fails to properly sanitize user-supplied input. Attackers can traverse directories and access sensitive files outside the intended web root.

Vendor	Product	Versions
Sockso Project	Music Host Server	affected `0 - <= 1.5`

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

https://web.archive.org/web/20120326095835/http://sockso.pu-gh.com/

product

patch

https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/master/modules/auxiliary/scanner/http/sockso_traversal.rb

exploit

https://github.com/rodnaph/sockso

product

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/sockso_1-adv.txt

technical-description

exploit

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18605

exploit

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/sockso-music-host-server-path-traversal

third-party-advisory

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