High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 22, 2026
CVE-2022-51024
CVE-2022-51024
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.
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References
4- github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/commit/88b5ebeb6nvd
- github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/vulnerabilities/other/kavita-lfi.yamlnvd
- huntr.com/bounties/2eef332b-65d2-4f13-8c39-44a8771a6f18nvd
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/kavita-0.5.4.1-unauthenticated-path-traversal-via-cover-upload-endpointnvd
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