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CVE-2018-13864

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-17 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

A directory traversal vulnerability has been found in the Assets controller in Play Framework 2.6.12 through 2.6.15 (fixed in 2.6.16) when running on Windows. It allows a remote attacker to download arbitrary files from the target server via specially crafted HTTP requests.

Affected products

• playframework: from 2.6.12 through 2.6.15

References

• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13864-PathTraversal
• https://www.playframework.com/security/vulnerability/CVE-2018-13864-PathTraversal

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