Vulnerability · Published Apr 28, 2026 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2026-7318elie mcp-project research_server.py search_papers path traversal

Medium 5.9

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in mcp-project from elie. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 8% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.9Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.9% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability was detected in elie mcp-project 0.1.0. The affected element is the function search_papers of the file research_server.py. The manipulation of the argument topic results in path traversal. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit is now public 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
elie	mcp-project	0.1.0

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

References

VDB-359971 | elie mcp-project research_server.py search_papers path traversal vdb-entry, technical-description
VDB-359971 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA) signature, permissions-required
Submit #803083 | elie mcp-project 0.1.0 Path Traversal third-party-advisory
https://github.com/elie/mcp-research-server/issues/1 exploit, issue-tracking