CVE-2022-31540 is a critical absolute path traversal vulnerability affecting the kumardeepak/hin-eng-preprocessing repository, specifically the hin_eng_preprocessing_project. It arises from the unsafe use of Flask's send_file function, allowing unauthenticated attackers to potentially access sensitive files. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality impact and low availability impact. While no active exploitation, public exploits, or Metasploit modules are currently reported, its critical severity warrants immediate attention. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, which is typical for many CVEs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2019-07-16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hin-eng-preprocessing_project:hin-eng-preprocessing:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.