CVE-2022-31518
The JustAnotherSoftwareDeveloper/Python-Recipe-Database repository through 2021-03-31 on GitHub...
The JustAnotherSoftwareDeveloper/Python-Recipe-Database repository through 2021-03-31 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file function is used unsafely.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The JustAnotherSoftwareDeveloper/Python-Recipe-Database repository through 2021-03-31 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file function is used unsafely.
- Record
CVE-2022-31518- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The JustAnotherSoftwareDeveloper/Python-Recipe-Database repository through 2021-03-31 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file function is used unsafely.
- Record
CVE-2022-31518- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-52974 No score
The JustAnotherSoftwareDeveloper/Python-Recipe-Database repository through 2021-03-31 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file function is used unsafely.
- Record
EUVD-2022-52974- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pjqh-cwf4-prqq
The JustAnotherSoftwareDeveloper/Python-Recipe-Database repository through 2021-03-31 on GitHub...
The JustAnotherSoftwareDeveloper/Python-Recipe-Database repository through 2021-03-31 on GitHub allows absolute path traversal because the Flask send_file function is used unsafely.
- Record
GHSA-pjqh-cwf4-prqq- CVSS 3.1
- 9.3 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-31518 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.3) in Python-recipe-database Project Python-recipe-database, published July 11, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.34%, the 71st percentile. No source names a fixed version.