Directory Traversal in @vivaxy/here

Description

The @vivaxy/here module is a small web server that serves files with the process’ working directory acting as the web root.

It is vulnerable to a directory traversal attack.

This means that files on the local file system which exist outside of the web root may be disclosed to an attacker. This might include confidential files.

Recommendation

Update the @vivaxy/here package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): <= 3.2.1
• Patched version(s): 3.2.2

References

• GHSA-m4vv-p6fq-jhqp
• hackerone.com
• www.npmjs.com
• CWE-22
• OWASP 2021-A1

Related Issues

• Stimulsoft Dashboard.JS directory traversal vulnerability - CVE-2024-24398
• Directory Traversal vulnerability in serve-lite - CVE-2022-21192
• Directory Traversal - Vulnerability
• Directory Traversal in node-simple-router - CVE-2017-16083

Tags:

npm

@vivaxy/here