CVE-2022-25216 Path traversal in DVDFab 12 Player / PlayerFab
Remote attackers can download arbitrary files from the Windows file system via a path traversal vulnerability in DVDFab Player's HTTP service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-25216?
CVE-2022-25216 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in DVDFab 12 Player / PlayerFab, published on 11 Mar 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An absolute path traversal vulnerability allows a remote attacker to download any file on the Windows file system for which the user account running DVDFab 12 Player (recently renamed PlayerFab) has read-access, by means of an HTTP GET request to http://<IP_ADDRESS>:32080/download/<URL_ENCODED_PATH>.
Weakness: CWE-22
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25216?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Dvdfab 12 Player, Dvdfab Playerfab.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25216?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25216 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2022-25216 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-25216 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fgpm-r6hm-6q6j.