What is CVE-2023-42280?

CVE-2023-42280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Springernature Mee-Admin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2023-42280?

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

Path Traversal in Springernature Mee-Admin

CVE-2023-42280

mee-admin 1.5 is vulnerable to Directory Traversal. The download method in the CommonFileController.java file does not verify the incoming data, resulting in arbitrary file reading.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2023-09-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-05.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Springernature Mee-Admin — versions 1.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/zaizainani/-Vulnerability-recurrence-sorting/blob/main/anyfiledown-e… (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42280?: CVE-2023-42280 is a high-severity vulnerability in Springernature Mee-Admin, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2023-42280?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.