CVE-2019-14751
mediumpriority · track · 42EPSS 0.057 · 93 %ileexploit · PoCEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
NLTK Downloader before 3.4.5 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an NLTK package (ZIP archive) that is mishandled during extraction.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- mssalvatore/CVE-2019-14751_PoCA Proof of Concept for CVE-2019-14751PoC · poc_in_github
affected products (5)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-mr7p-25v2-35wrNLTK Vulnerable To Path Traversal2019-08-23ghsa · osvUS
NLTK Downloader before 3.4.5 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a `../` (dot dot slash) in an NLTK package (ZIP archive) that is mishandled during extraction.
- PYSEC-2019-1062019-08-22vendor · osvUS
NLTK Downloader before 3.4.5 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an NLTK package (ZIP archive) that is mishandled during extraction.
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sources
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references (29)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00054.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00001.htmlcnnvd
- https://github.com/mssalvatore/CVE-2019-14751_PoCcnnvd
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/blob/3.4.5/ChangeLogcnnvd
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/f59d7ed8df2e0e957f7f247fe218032abdbe9a10cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QI4IJGLZQ5S7C5LNRNROHAO2P526XE3D/cnnvd
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGZSSEJH7RHH3RBUEVWWYT75QU67J7SE/cnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-14751cnnvd
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