Cross-Site Scripting in http-file-server

Description

All versions of http-file-server are vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS). The package fails to sanitize filenames, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary JavaScript in the victim’s browser through files with names containing malicious code.

Recommendation

No fix is available yet. Followings are affected versions:

• <= 0.2.6

References

• GHSA-7j93-2h6r-hm49
• hackerone.com
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2019-5458
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Cross-Site Scripting in min-http-server - CVE-2019-5457
• Path Traversal in http-file-server - CVE-2019-5447
• Cross-site Scripting (XSS) - Stored in crud-file-server - CVE-2018-3726
• Parse Server vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS) via SVG file upload - CVE-2026-30948

Tags:

npm

http-file-server