CVE-2018-16478
MEDIUM5.3EPSS 0.21%Path Traversal in simplehttpserver
Published: 12/6/2018Modified: 11/8/2023
Also known as:GHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr
Description
All versions of `simplehttpserver` are vulnerable to Path Traversal. This vulnerability allows an attacker to access files outside the webroot since it allows symlink navigation in the URL. ## Recommendation No fix is currently available. Do not use `simplehttpserver` in production or consider using an alternative module until a fix is made available.
Affected packages (1)
- npm/simplehttpserverfrom 0, <= 0.3.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
References (6)
- ADVISORYhttps://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vwr2-wj63-86gr
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16478
- PATCHhttps://github.com/tikonen/blog/tree/master/simplehttpserver
- WEBhttps://github.com/nodejs/security-wg/blob/master/vuln/npm/484.json
- WEBhttps://hackerone.com/reports/403703
- WEBhttps://www.npmjs.com/advisories/744