What is CVE-2018-13864?

CVE-2018-13864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2018-13864?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-13864 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Path Traversal in Lightbend Play Framework

CVE-2018-13864

A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in the Assets controller in Play Framework 2.6.12 through 2.6.15 (fixed in 2.6.16) when running on Windows. It allows a remote attacker to download arbitrary files from the target server via specially crafted HTTP requests.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-07-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.034 (88.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.034 · newest: 0.034 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13864-PathTraversal (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-13864?: CVE-2018-13864 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lightbend Play Framework, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2018-13864?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-13864 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.