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medium 5.3

CVE-2022-36082 json

mangadex-downloader vulnerable to unauthorized file reading

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-r9x7-2xmr-v8fw , PYSEC-2022-264 , EUVD-2022-0150

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 54%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

mangadex-downloader is a command-line tool to download manga from MangaDex. When using `file:<location>` command and `<location>` is a web URL location (http, https), mangadex-downloader between versions 1.3.0 and 1.7.2 will try to open and read a file in local disk for each line of website contents. Version 1.7.2 contains a patch for this issue.

Patch / fix

  • pypi mangadex-downloader 1.7.2
  • mangadex-downloader_project mangadex-downloader 1.7.2

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi mangadex-downloader
>=1.3.0, <1.7.2
1.7.2

Affected products

  • mansuf mangadex-downloader

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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