Vulnerability · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-81485danielpopamd linkedin-ads-mcp Media Upload campaign-management.ts fs.readFileSync path traversal

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in linkedin-ads-mcp from danielpopamd. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 53% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 47.0% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A security vulnerability has been detected in danielpopamd linkedin-ads-mcp 1.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is the function fs.readFileSync of the file src/tools/campaign-management.ts of the component Media Upload. Such manipulation of the argument filePath leads to path traversal. The attack may be performed from remote. The exploit has been disclosed publicly and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
danielpopamd	linkedin-ads-mcp	1.0.0

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:X/RC:R

References

VDB-395979 | danielpopamd linkedin-ads-mcp Media Upload campaign-management.ts fs.readFileSync path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-395979 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
CVE-2026-81485 | CVE Analysis and Report third-party-advisory
Submit #887136 | danielpopamd linkedin-ads-mcp 1.0.0 Arbitrary File Read third-party-advisory
https://github.com/danielpopamd/linkedin-ads-mcp/issues/5 exploit, issue-tracking
https://github.com/danielpopamd/linkedin-ads-mcp/ product