GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm
GHSA-7g8m-5qh9-9pgw Directory Traversal in wind-mvc
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2017-16220
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- wind-mvc
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-22
- Reviewed
- 2020-08-31
Affected packages
• npm wind-mvc: >= 0.0.0 (no fix yet)
Description
Affected versions of `wind-mvc` 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:
```http
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2017-16220 wind-mvc is an mvc framework. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness