What is CVE-2022-0401?

CVE-2022-0401 is a critical-severity vulnerability in W-Zip Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-02-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-0401?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in W-Zip Project

CVE-2022-0401

Path Traversal in NPM w-zip prior to 1.0.12.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2022-02-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (75.2th percentile), scored 2026-10-02.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 75th percentile — 75.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

W-Zip Project
Yuda-Lyu Yuda-Lyu/w-Zip — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

huntr.dev/bounties/d93259aa-ad03-43d6-8846-a00b9f58876d (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/yuda-lyu/w-zip/commit/d7039d034e02fa358e6656565157cedf5fa83288 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0401?: CVE-2022-0401 is a critical-severity vulnerability in W-Zip Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-02-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-0401?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.