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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTh3NzQtZzg0di1jNXc4
Directory Traversal in chatbyvista
Affected versions of chatbyvista
resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor can use this vulnerability to access files outside of the intended directory root, which may result in the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system.
Example request:
GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:foo
Recommendation
No patch is available for this vulnerability.
It is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.
Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8w74-g84v-c5w8JSON: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories/MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTh3NzQtZzg0di1jNXc4
Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 3 years ago
Updated: 9 months ago
Identifiers: GHSA-8w74-g84v-c5w8, CVE-2017-16177
References:
- https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/chatbyvista
- https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/462
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16177
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8w74-g84v-c5w8
Affected Packages
npm:chatbyvista
Dependent packages: 1Dependent repositories: 1
Downloads: 6 last month
Affected Version Ranges: >= 0.0.0
No known fixed version
All affected versions: 0.1.0