# CVE-2020-36878: ReQuest Serious Play F3 Media Player <= 3.0.0 Directory Traversal File Disclosure

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit a directory traversal flaw in the ReQuest Serious Play Media Player to disclose contents of local files.

- **Severity:** High 8.7 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 7 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hw9g-6q6h-x6rm

## What is CVE-2020-36878?

CVE-2020-36878 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in ReQuest Serious Play Media Player, published on 5 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

ReQuest Serious Play Media Player 3.0 contains an unauthenticated file disclosure vulnerability when input passed through the 'file' parameter in and script is not properly verified before being used to read web log files. Attackers can exploit this to disclose contents of files from local resources.

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-36878?


## How do I fix CVE-2020-36878?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-36878 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-36878 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36878 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-36878 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-36878 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in ReQuest Serious Play Media Player, published on 5 Dec 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2020-36878 exists.

Affected product: ReQuest Serious Play Media Player. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36878/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36878/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-36878
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-36878
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-36878

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