Risk Letters

Exploited vulnerability

CVE-2022-51024

TLP:CLEAR

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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.

Facts

  • Vendor: Kareadita
  • Product: Kavita
  • EPSS (probability of exploitation within 30 days): 0.6 %
  • First known exploitation: 22 October 2026
  • First seen by Risk Letters: 22 October 2026

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Data: NVD (public domain), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, MITRE ATT&CK, AlienVault OTX. NVD