Directory traversal vulnerability in nph-publish before 1.2 allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the pathname for an upload operation.
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2055
http://www.w3.org/Security/Faq/wwwsf4.html
http://www-genome.wi.mit.edu/WWW/tools/CGI_scripts/server_publish/nph-publish