CVE-2016-10400
Directory Traversal exists in ATutor before 2.2.2 via the icon parameter to /mods/_core/courses...
Directory Traversal exists in ATutor before 2.2.2 via the icon parameter to /mods/_core/courses/users/create_course.php. The attacker can read an arbitrary file by visiting get_course_icon.php?id= after the traversal attack.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Directory Traversal exists in ATutor before 2.2.2 via the icon parameter to /mods/_core/courses/users/create_course.php. The attacker can read an arbitrary file by visiting get_course_icon.php?id= after the traversal attack.
- Record
CVE-2016-10400- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Directory Traversal exists in ATutor before 2.2.2 via the icon parameter to /mods/_core/courses/users/create_course.php. The attacker can read an arbitrary file by visiting get_course_icon.php?id= after the traversal attack.
- Record
CVE-2016-10400- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-1582 No score
Directory Traversal exists in ATutor before 2.2.2 via the icon parameter to /mods/_core/courses/users/create_course.php. The attacker can read an arbitrary file by visiting get_course_icon.php?id= after the traversal attack.
- Record
EUVD-2016-1582- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x4qp-59r6-w7j7
Directory Traversal exists in ATutor before 2.2.2 via the icon parameter to /mods/_core/courses...
Directory Traversal exists in ATutor before 2.2.2 via the icon parameter to /mods/_core/courses/users/create_course.php. The attacker can read an arbitrary file by visiting get_course_icon.php?id= after the traversal attack.
- Record
GHSA-x4qp-59r6-w7j7- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
Directory Traversal exists in ATutor before 2.2.2 via the icon parameter to /mods/_core/courses/users/create_course.php. The attacker can read an arbitrary file by visiting get_course_icon.php?id= after the traversal attack.
- Record
CVE-2016-10400- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-10400 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Atutor, published July 22, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.94%, the 80th percentile. No source names a fixed version.