CVE-2022-51024

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Description

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.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.7 (v4.0)

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-22 11:17:05.447000

Last modified

2026-10-29 12:17:08.657000

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