A vulnerability was detected in elie mcp-project 0.1.0. The affected element is the function search_papers of the file research_server.py. The manipulation of the argument topic results in path traversal. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
History

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Description A vulnerability was detected in elie mcp-project 0.1.0. The affected element is the function search_papers of the file research_server.py. The manipulation of the argument topic results in path traversal. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploit is now public and may be used. The project was informed of the problem early through an issue report but has not responded yet.
Title elie mcp-project research_server.py search_papers path traversal
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV2_0

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR'}

cvssV3_0

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.9, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulDB

Published:

Updated: 2026-04-28T20:45:09.694Z

Reserved: 2026-04-28T13:12:35.060Z

Link: CVE-2026-7318

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-04-28T22:16:51.890

Modified: 2026-04-28T22:16:51.890

Link: CVE-2026-7318

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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