CVE-2021-40978

Description

The mkdocs 1.2.2 built-in dev-server allows directory traversal using the port 8000, enabling remote exploitation to obtain :sensitive information. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this as described in https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601.] and https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1

Affected Platforms

Weakness Type

CWE-22

References

• https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs
• https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601
• https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978
• https://github.com/nisdn/CVE-2021-40978/issues/1
• https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs
• https://github.com/mkdocs/mkdocs/issues/2601