Path traversal in url-parse

Description

url-parse before 1.5.0 mishandles certain uses of backslash such as http:\/ and interprets the URI as a relative path.

Recommendation

Update the url-parse package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 1.5.0
• Patched version(s): 1.5.0

References

• GHSA-9m6j-fcg5-2442
• advisory.checkmarx.net
• lists.debian.org
• CVE-2021-27515
• CWE-23
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A1
• OWASP 2021-A6

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• gifplayer XSS vulnerability - CVE-2025-31128
• Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key in url-parse - CVE-2022-0686
• Prototype pollution in gsap - CVE-2020-28478

Tags:

npm

url-parse