Vulnerability details
CVE-2026-72571
mustafaakin cast-localvideo
mustafaakin cast-localvideo - Unauthenticated Path Traversal via dir Parameter
CVSS 3.1
7.5High
Official description
A path traversal vulnerability in mustafaakin/cast-localvideo (all versions) allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to read arbitrary files from the server. The app.js handler at lines 151-153 passes the user-supplied req.body.dir parameter directly to res.sendFile() without sanitization, enabling directory traversal via absolute paths or ../ sequences to read sensitive system files.
CVSS scores
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5High | 3.1 | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (TuranSec) | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mustafaakin | cast-localvideo | All | CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) |
References and advisories
2- https://github.com/mustafaakin/cast-localvideo third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/mustafaakin/cast-localvideo/blob/main/app.js technical-description
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Details
- Published
- 2026-08-10
- Last updated
- 2026-08-10
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- TuranSec
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
67%
Percentile (among all CVEs)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- Yes
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Partial
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')