Relative Path Traversal in cecilapp/cecil

published 2023-09-12 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-q8hr-4w58-985p , EUVD-2023-2572

cvss: 5.8; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 59%
public exploits: 0; none known

Relative Path Traversal in GitHub repository cecilapp/cecil prior to 7.47.1.

Patch / fix

fixed in 2 links 1

packagist cecil/cecil 7.47.1
cecilapp cecilapp/cecil 7.47.1

github.com/cecilapp/cecil@00dc79f commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-09-26)

Exploit prediction

0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

huntr.dev https://huntr.dev/bounties/cdd995b2-c983-428b-a73a-827b61b7c06b referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	5.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub	3.1	7.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
packagist	cecil/cecil	<7.47.1	7.47.1

Affected products

cecilapp cecilapp/cecil

Classification

Weakness

CWE-23 Relative Path Traversal
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

github.com /cecilapp/cecil/commit/00dc79f10ce723034b7140d79f4ac731d1d902eb
web, patch
huntr.dev /bounties/cdd995b2-c983-428b-a73a-827b61b7c06b
web, exploit
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4914
advisory
github.com /cecilapp/cecil
package

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-4914
GitHub Advisory GHSA-q8hr-4w58-985p
NVD CVE-2023-4914

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Summary