Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

CVE-2022-51024Kavita < 0.5.4.1 Unauthenticated Path Traversal via cover-upload Endpoint

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity path traversal in Kavita from Kareadita. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.6% (higher than 50% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.6%top 50.4% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
Kareadita	Kavita	0.5.2 – before 0.5.4.1

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

huntr Report technical-description
Fix Commit patch
Nuclei Template technical-description
VulnCheck Advisory: Kavita < 0.5.4.1 Unauthenticated Path Traversal via cover-upload Endpoint third-party-advisory