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Path Traversal in localhost-now

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Mar 25, 2019 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Sep 11, 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. 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 to the GitHub Advisory Database Mar 25, 2019
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Sep 11, 2023

Severity

High
7.5
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2019-5416

GHSA ID

GHSA-qwj8-p662-3m7x

Source code

No known source code
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