Path Traversal

tinyscientist is vulnerable to path Traversal. The vulnerability is due to improper validation of file paths in the reviewpaper function, which allows an attacker to craft malicious file paths to read arbitrary PDF files on the server, access sensitive documents, and perform reconnaissance on the...

CVE-2025-55149: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

Tiny-Scientist is a lightweight framework for automating the entire lifecycle of scientific research—from ideation to implementation, writing, and review. In versions 0.1.1 and below, a critical path traversal vulnerability has been identified in the reviewpaper function in backend/app.py. The...