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== Path traversal prevention ==
Path traversal is a vulnerability whereby paths provided from an untrusted source are interpreted in such a way that unauthorised file access is possible. Hello
 
For example, consider a script that fetches an article by taking a filename, which is then read by the script and [[Parse|parsed]]. Such a script might use the following hypothetical URL to retrieve an article about [[dog food]]: