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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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-28 | Published 2026-04-28 | Updated 2026-04-29 | Assigner VulDB




MEDIUM: 5.1CVSS: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
MEDIUM: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
MEDIUM: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:P/RL:X/RC:R
4.6AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P/E:POC/RL:ND/RC:UR

Problem types

Path Traversal

Product status

0.1.0
affected

Timeline

2026-04-28:Advisory disclosed
2026-04-28:VulDB entry created
2026-04-28:VulDB entry last update

Credits

LittleW (VulDB User) reporter

VulDB CNA Team coordinator

References

vuldb.com/vuln/359971 (VDB-359971 | elie mcp-project research_server.py search_papers path traversal) vdb-entry technical-description

vuldb.com/vuln/359971/cti (VDB-359971 | CTI Indicators (IOB, IOC, TTP, IOA)) signature permissions-required

vuldb.com/submit/803083 (Submit #803083 | elie mcp-project 0.1.0 Path Traversal) third-party-advisory

github.com/elie/mcp-research-server/issues/1 exploit issue-tracking

cve.org (CVE-2026-7318)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-7318)

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