GitHub Advisoryadvisory · npm

GHSA-whcm-29f4-j4mx Directory Traversal in zwserver

HIGH Published 2020-09-01 Modified 2023-09-07 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2017-16149
Ecosystem
npm
Packages
zwserver
Severity
High
Weaknesses
CWE-22
Reviewed
2020-08-31

Affected packages

• npm zwserver: >= 0.0.0 (no fix yet)

Description

Affected versions of `zwserver` 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)

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References