CVE-2018-7171

mediumpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.279 · 98 %ileexploit · PoCEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · PoC

Likely / severe?

27.9% (98th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Directory traversal vulnerability in Twonky Server 7.0.11 through 8.5 allows remote attackers to share the contents of arbitrary directories via a .. (dot dot) in the contentbase parameter to rpc/set_all.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.5

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.07.5highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 3.6

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-44350TwonkyMedia Server 7.0.11-8.5 - Directory TraversalPoC · exploit_db
mechanico/sharingIsCaringTwonkyMedia Server 7.0.11-8.5 Directory Traversal CVE-2018-7171PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
lynxtechnology twonky server7.0.11 → 8.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:lynxtechnology:twonky_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-03-30modified 2026-06-17

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references (7)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://cxsecurity.com/issue/WLB-2018030242 cnnvd
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146938/TwonkyMedia-Server-7.0.11-8.5-Directory-Traversal.html enisa_euvd
https://github.com/mechanico/sharingIsCaring/blob/master/twonky.py enisa_euvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44350/enisa_euvd
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/146938/TwonkyMedia-Server-7.0.11-8.5-Directory-Traversal.htmlExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd
https://github.com/mechanico/sharingIsCaring/blob/master/twonky.pyThird Party Advisorynvd
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44350/ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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