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Path Traversal in statics-server

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 5, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm statics-server (npm)

Affected versions

<= 0.0.9

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of statics-server are vulnerable to Path Traversal. Due to insufficient input sanitization, attackers can access server files by using relative paths.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.

References

Reviewed Jun 5, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 5, 2019
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Weaknesses

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-74cp-qw7f-7hpw

Source code

No known source code
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