Cross-Site Scripting in min-http-server

Description

All versions of min-http-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:

• <= 1.0.6

References

• GHSA-j657-59rv-qwm6
• hackerone.com
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2019-5457
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• Cross-Site Scripting in http-file-server - CVE-2019-5458
• Cross-Site Scripting in iobroker.web - CVE-2019-10771
• Cross-Site Scripting in selectize-plugin-a11y - CVE-2019-15482
• Cross-Site Scripting in seeftl - CVE-2019-15603

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Tags:

npm

min-http-server