CVE-2017-16029
Directory Traversal in hostr
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.53%
Description
Affected versions of `hostr` are vulnerable to directory traversal which allows attackers to read files outside the current directory by sending `../` in the url path for GET requests. ## Recommendation Upgrade to version 2.3.6 or later.
How to fix CVE-2017-16029
To remediate CVE-2017-16029, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- npm/hostr—upgrade to 2.3.6 or later
Is CVE-2017-16029 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.3.6
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |