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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWozOG0tN3E1Mi1mZ2Zo

Directory Traversal in node-server-forfront

Affected versions of node-server-forfront 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-j38m-7q52-fgfh
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: almost 6 years ago
Updated: 8 months ago

Identifiers: GHSA-j38m-7q52-fgfh, CVE-2017-16124
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16124
• https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/node-server-forfront
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j38m-7q52-fgfh
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/382

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages