Path Traversal in Planka

CVE-2022-2653

With this vulnerability an attacker can read many sensitive files like configuration files, or the /proc/self/environ file, that contains the environment variable used by the web server that includes database credentials. If the web server user is root, an attacker will be able to read any file in the system.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.009 (58.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-2653?
CVE-2022-2653 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Planka, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-08-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-2653?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-2653 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.