CVE-2022-51024highobserved exploitationCWE-22

CVE-2022-51024: high-severity vulnerability in Kareadita Kavita

Kavita < 0.5.4.1 Unauthenticated Path Traversal via cover-upload Endpoint

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43Vexday Risk Score

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ssvc Actcvss 8.7epss 0.6%
from disclosure to weapon
Published on NVDOct 22
VulnCheckOct 22
Kavita 0.5.2 before 0.5.4.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying '../' sequences in the filename parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /api/image/cover-upload with filename values like ../appsettings.json to retrieve configuration files outside the temp directory. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-18.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
Kareadita · Kavita
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