CVE-2026-7318

medium

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.

References

https://vuldb.com/vuln/359971/cti

https://vuldb.com/vuln/359971

https://vuldb.com/submit/803083

https://github.com/elie/mcp-research-server/issues/1

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-28

Updated: 2026-04-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.9

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base 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

Severity: Medium