Vulnerability · Published Sep 7, 2022 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2022-36082mangadex-downloader vulnerable to unauthorized file reading

Medium 5.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in mangadex-downloader from mansuf. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.7% (higher than 54% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.7%top 46.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex. When using `file:<location>` command and `<location>` is a web URL location (http, https), mangadex-downloader between versions 1.3.0 and 1.7.2 will try to open and read a file in local disk for each line of website contents. Version 1.7.2 contains a patch for this issue.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
PyPImangadex-downloader1.7.2GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw
PyPImangadex-downloader1.7.2PYSEC-2022-264

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
mansuf mangadex-downloader >= 1.3.0, < 1.7.2

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

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