CVE-2008-1270: Lighttpd

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 11.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

mod_userdir in lighttpd 1.4.18 and earlier, when userdir.path is not set, uses a default of $HOME, which might allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files, as demonstrated by accessing the ~nobody directory.

Affected products

• Lighttpd Lighttpd: up to and including 1.4.18

Published 2008-03-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.