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Path Traversal in http-file-server

Moderate severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 16, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

npm http-file-server (npm)

Affected versions

< 0.2.6

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of http-file-server are vulnerable to Path Traversal. The package fails to sanitize URLs, allowing attackers to access server files outside of the served folder using relative paths.

Recommendation

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

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jul 15, 2019
Reviewed Jul 15, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 16, 2019
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Moderate

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.159%
(53rd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-5447

GHSA ID

GHSA-2mp5-m968-gwr2

Source code

No known source code
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