What is CVE-2023-29478?

CVE-2023-29478 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bibliocraftmod Bibliocraft, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2023-29478?

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

Is CVE-2023-29478 known to be exploited?

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

Path Traversal in Bibliocraftmod Bibliocraft

CVE-2023-29478

BiblioCraft before 2.4.6 does not sanitize path-traversal characters in filenames, allowing restricted write access to almost anywhere on the filesystem. This includes the Minecraft mods folder, which results in code execution.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.017 (74.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Bibliocraftmod Bibliocraft
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-29478?: CVE-2023-29478 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bibliocraftmod Bibliocraft, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2023-29478?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2023-29478 known to be exploited?: 3 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.