# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fgpm-r6hm-6q6j

## 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 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25216?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## 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:

- DVDFab 12 Player/PlayerFab - Local File Inclusion (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-25216.yaml

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-25216 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-25216 exists.

Affected product: DVDFab 12 Player / PlayerFab. 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-2022-25216/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25216/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25216
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25216
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25216

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25216/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.