Directory Traversal in node-simple-router

Description

Affected versions of node-simple-router 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:

Recommendation

Update the node-simple-router package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): <= 0.10.0
• Patched version(s): 0.10.1

References

• GHSA-5w8q-x7hc-jhp6
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2017-16083
• CWE-22
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A1
• OWASP 2021-A6

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Tags:

npm

node-simple-router