CVE-2010-20109

High

Description

Barracuda products, confirmed in Spam & Virus Firewall, SSL VPN, and Web Application Firewall versions prior to October 2010, contain a path traversal vulnerability in the view_help.cgi endpoint. The locale parameter fails to properly sanitize user input, allowing attackers to inject traversal sequences and null-byte terminators to access arbitrary files on the underlying system. By exploiting this flaw, unauthenticated remote attackers can retrieve sensitive configuration files such as /mail/snapshot/config.snapshot, potentially exposing credentials, internal settings, and other critical data.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.7
Exploit probability—
ProductSpam & Virus Firewall
PublishedAug 21, 2025
First seenAug 21, 2025

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Barracuda Networks Spam & Virus Firewallv ≤ 4.1.1.021—
Barracuda Networks SSL VPNv ≤ 2010-10—
Barracuda Networks Web Application Firewallv ≤ 2010-10—

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