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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
5.3
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-5447

GHSA ID

GHSA-2mp5-m968-gwr2

Source code

No known source code
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