GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/08/GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7/GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7
Aliases
  • CVE-2014-8883
Published
2020-08-31T22:53:54Z
Modified
2023-11-08T03:57:46Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
Directory Traversal in nhouston
Details

All versions of the static file server module nhouston are vulnerable to directory traversal. An attacker can provide input such as ../ to read files outside of the served directory.

Recommendation

It is recommended that a different module be used, as we have been unable to reacher the maintainer of this module. We will continue to reach out to them, and if an update becomes available that fixes the issue, we will update this advisory accordingly.

Database specific
{
    "cwe_ids":  [
        "CWE-23"
    ],
    "github_reviewed":  true,
    "github_reviewed_at":  "2020-08-31T18:08:17Z",
    "nvd_published_at":  null,
    "severity":  "MODERATE"
}
References

Affected packages

npm / nhouston

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0.0.0

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/08/GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7/GHSA-44g9-w23c-5rw7.json"