Directory Traversal Attack: Path traversal explained https://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/directory-traversal/ Is Your Website Hackable? Thu, 13 Mar 2025 10:06:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Directory Traversal Attacks https://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/directory-traversal/ https://www.acunetix.com/websitesecurity/directory-traversal/#comments Tue, 16 Oct 2012 07:14:34 +0000 https://www.acunetix.com/?page_id=216 What is a Directory Traversal attack? Properly controlling access to web content is crucial for running a secure web server. Directory traversal or Path Traversal is an HTTP attack that allows attackers to access restricted directories and execute commands outside of the web server’s root...

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