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Directory Traversal in f2e-server

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jul 24, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 13, 2023

Package

npm f2e-server (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.12.11

Patched versions

1.12.12

Description

Affected versions of f2e-server 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

Update to version 1.12.12 or later.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jul 24, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 13, 2023

Severity

High

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
High
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:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS score

0.272%
(68th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-16038

GHSA ID

GHSA-g7j3-p357-cw8p

Source code

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