CVE-2023-37474Path traversal in copyparty
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 44.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Copyparty is a portable file server. Versions prior to 1.8.2 are subject to a path traversal vulnerability detected in the `.cpr` subfolder. The Path Traversal attack technique allows an attacker access to files, directories, and commands that reside outside the web document root directory. This issue has been addressed in commit `043e3c7d` which has been included in release 1.8.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Nuclei template for it. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Show the exploits1
Nuclei templates1 template
- Copyparty <= 1.8.2 - Directory Traversal (Nuclei template) (opens in a new tab)
http/cves/2023/CVE-2023-37474.yamlSeverity high
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Published
- 19 months later
· 19 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 44.9% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIcopypartyGHSA-pxfv-7rr3-2qjg (opens in a new tab)
References
References3
- https://github.com/9001/copyparty/security/advisories/GHSA-pxfv-7rr3-2qjg (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/9001/copyparty/commit/043e3c7dd683113e2b1c15cacb9c8e68f76513ff (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173822/Copyparty-1.8.2-Directory-Traversal.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-0055 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pxfv-7rr3-2qjg (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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