GHSA-p2r2-h92r-w2mg

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p2r2-h92r-w2mg

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2020/09/GHSA-p2r2-h92r-w2mg/GHSA-p2r2-h92r-w2mg.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-p2r2-h92r-w2mg

Aliases

CVE-2017-16213

Published

2020-09-01T18:11:03Z

Modified

2023-11-08T03:59:11.695538Z

Summary

Directory Traversal in mfrserver

Details

Affected versions of mfrserver 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

No patch is available for this vulnerability.

It is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.

Database specific

{
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-08-31T18:22:29Z",
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "nvd_published_at": null
}

References

Affected packages

npm / mfrserver

Package

Name: mfrserver; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/mfrserver

Affected ranges

Type: SEMVER
Events: Introduced

0.0.0