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Vulnerability · CVE-2022-51024

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Oct 22, 2026 · catalog updated Oct 22, 2026 · Kareadita Kavita

Patch now

CVE-2022-51024 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Kareadita Kavita against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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Severity
High8.7
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.39%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor Kareadita Kavita

Kavita 0.5.2 before 0.5.4.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying '../' sequences in the filename parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /api/image/cover-upload with filename values like ../appsettings.json to retrieve configuration files outside the temp directory. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-18.

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How to fix CVE-2022-51024

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2022-51024 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm Kareadita Kavita against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 0.39%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Oct 22, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

  2. Oct 22, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    Kavita 0.5.2 before 0.5.4.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying '../' sequences in the filename parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /api/image/cover-upload with filename values like ../appsettings.json to retrieve configuration files outside the temp directory. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the S

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2022-51024

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2022-51024

    30-day exploitation probability 0.39%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2022-51024

    Kavita 0.5.2 before 0.5.4.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying '../' sequences in the filename parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /api/image/cover-upload with filename values like ../appset

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2022-51024

    Kavita 0.5.2 before 0.5.4.1 contains a path traversal vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to read arbitrary files by supplying '../' sequences in the filename parameter. Attackers can send GET requests to /api/image/cover-upload with filename values like ../appset

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.