Vulnerability Report

CVE-2011-4800

Title: Solarwinds Serv-U File Server Path Traversal / LFI

Arbitrary File Access

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2011-4800

CWE Category CWE-22

Published Date Dec 14, 2011

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 9.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2011-4800: Directory traversal vulnerability in Serv-U FTP Server before 11.1.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to read and write arbitrary files, and list and create arbitrary directories, via a "..:/" (dot dot colon forward slash) in the (1) list, (2) put, or (3) get commands.

Impacted Vendors

solarwinds 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-11/0454.html http://secunia.com/advisories/47021 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18182 http://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/ http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2011-11/0454.html http://secunia.com/advisories/47021 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18182 http://www.serv-u.com/releasenotes/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2011-4800 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18182

View Code

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 14, 2011 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.