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The patch for the historical vulnerability CVE-2020-35460 in MPXJ is incomplete as there is still a possibility that a malicious path could be constructed which would not be picked up by the original fix and allow files to be written to arbitrary locations. The issue is addressed in MPXJ version 13.5.1.","status":"published","published":"2024-10-28T16:57:43.271Z","modified":"2026-10-28T10:54:37.792853198Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:43.597758Z"},{"id":"GHSA-j945-c44v-97g6","title":"MPXJ has a Potential Path Traversal Vulnerability","description":"### Impact\nThe patch for the historical vulnerability CVE-2020-35460 in MPXJ is incomplete as there is still a possibility that a malicious path could be constructed which would not be picked up by the original fix and allow files to be written to arbitrary locations.\n\n### Patches\nThe issue is addressed in MPXJ version 13.5.1\n\n### Workarounds\nDo not pass zip files to MPXJ.\n\n### References\nN/A\n\n### Credits\nIssue report and patch provided by yyjLF and sprinkle","status":"published","published":"2024-10-28T18:30:32Z","modified":"2026-07-07T17:56:49.083750764Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:46:50.336262Z"},{"id":"PYSEC-2026-1681","title":"MPXJ has a Potential Path Traversal Vulnerability","description":"### Impact\nThe patch for the historical vulnerability CVE-2020-35460 in MPXJ is incomplete as there is still a possibility that a malicious path could be constructed which would not be picked up by the original fix and allow files to be written to arbitrary locations.\n\n### Patches\nThe issue is addressed in MPXJ version 13.5.1\n\n### Workarounds\nDo not pass zip files to MPXJ.\n\n### References\nN/A\n\n### Credits\nIssue report and patch provided by yyjLF and sprinkle","status":"published","published":"2026-07-07T14:34:43.523396Z","modified":"2026-07-07T17:47:17.650298371Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","level":"medium"},{"version":"4.0","score":5.3,"vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","level":"medium"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:52:55.06457Z"}]}}