GHSA-89gv-h8wf-cg8r

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-89gv-h8wf-cg8r
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https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2021/07/GHSA-89gv-h8wf-cg8r/GHSA-89gv-h8wf-cg8r.json
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https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-89gv-h8wf-cg8r
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Published
2021-07-19T21:22:36Z
Modified
2023-11-08T04:06:14.577916Z
Severity
  • 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
URIjs Vulnerable to Hostname spoofing via backslashes in URL
Details

Impact

If using affected versions to determine a URL's hostname, the hostname can be spoofed by using a combination of backslash (\) and slash (/) characters as part of the scheme delimiter, e.g. scheme:/\/\/\hostname. If the hostname is used in security decisions, the decision may be incorrect.

Depending on library usage and attacker intent, impacts may include allow/block list bypasses, SSRF attacks, open redirects, or other undesired behavior.

Example URL: https:/\/\/\expected-example.com/path Escaped string: https:/\\/\\/\\expected-example.com/path (JavaScript strings must escape backslash)

Affected versions incorrectly return no hostname. Patched versions correctly return expected-example.com. Patched versions match the behavior of other parsers which implement the WHATWG URL specification, including web browsers and Node's built-in URL class.

Patches

Version 1.19.7 is patched against all known payload variants.

References

https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.7 (fix for this particular bypass) https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.6 (fix for related bypass) https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.4 (fix for related bypass) https://github.com/medialize/URI.js/releases/tag/v1.19.3 (fix for related bypass) PR #233 (initial fix for backslash handling)

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory, open an issue in https://github.com/medialize/URI.js

Reporter credit

ready-research via https://huntr.dev/

Database specific
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2021-07-16T11:15:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-07-19T16:38:54Z",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-601"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

npm / urijs

Package

Affected ranges

Type
SEMVER
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.19.7