Category:Path Vulnerability

From OWASP

This category is for tagging path issues that allow attackers to access files that are not intended to be accessed. Generally, this is due to dynamically construction of a file path using unvalidated user input.

Attacks that can exploit this vulnerability

• Path Traversal Attack
  • Relative Path Traversal Attack
  • Absolute Path Traversal Attack
• Path Equivalence Attack
• Link Following Attack
• Virtual Files Attack