An absolute path traversal vulnerability allows a remote attacker to download any file on the Windows file system for which the user accoun…

published 2022-03-11 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-29915

cvss: 7.5; version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 13.5%; EPSS 13.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits: 0; none known, plus a Nuclei check

An absolute path traversal vulnerability allows a remote attacker to download any file on the Windows file system for which the user account running DVDFab 12 Player (recently renamed PlayerFab) has read-access, by means of an HTTP GET request to http://<IP_ADDRESS>:32080/download/<URL_ENCODED_PATH>.

Exploit prediction

13.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

Nuclei template DVDFab 12 Player/PlayerFab - Local File Inclusion nuclei detection template
tenable.com https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2022-07 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	7.8	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Affected products

n/a DVDFab 12 Player / PlayerFab

Classification

Weakness

CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

tenable.com /security/research/tra-2022-07
exploit, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-25216
NVD CVE-2022-25216

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Summary