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Kavita < 0.5.4.1 Unauthenticated Path Traversal via cover-upload Endpoint

Type: advisorySource: Official CVE List1 source record

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.

Announced Group revision 1
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CVE-2022-51024

Primary source · Revision 1

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Security context

Source reference: cve:CVE-2022-51024

Kavita

Source reference: /containers/cna/affected/0/product

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Structured affected-version data

Original package identities and version rules from this source.

[
  {
    "repo": "https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita",
    "vendor": "Kareadita",
    "product": "Kavita",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "0.5.2",
        "lessThan": "0.5.4.1",
        "versionType": "custom"
      }
    ],
    "packageURL": "pkg:github/Kareadita/Kavita",
    "defaultStatus": "unaffected"
  }
]
Related CVEs
CVE-2022-51024

Source reference: /cveMetadata/cveId

Publisher severity

high

Source reference: /containers/cna/metrics

Event
#50164 · Revision 1
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