CVE-2022-31521 is a critical absolute path traversal vulnerability affecting the Niyaz-Mohamed/mosaic repository through version 1.0.0 on GitHub. It stems from the unsafe use of Flask's send_file function, allowing attackers to access arbitrary files on the server. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, potentially leading to high confidentiality impact and low availability impact. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mosaic_project:mosaic:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.