Stored Cross-Site Scripting in simplehttpserver

Description

Simplehttpserver prior to version 0.1.0 are vulnerable to stored cross-site scripting (XSS). To be exploited an attacker needs to control the filename of a file that is used in the directory listing output. This version is patched in 0.1.0

Recommendation

Update the simplehttpserver package to the latest compatible version. Followings are version details:

• Affected version(s): < 0.1.0
• Patched version(s): 0.1.0

References

• GHSA-jrhj-2j3q-xf3v
• hackerone.com
• www.npmjs.com
• CVE-2018-3716
• CWE-79
• CAPEC-310
• OWASP 2021-A3
• OWASP 2021-A6

Related Issues

• jQuery vulnerable to Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) - CVE-2011-4969
• min-document vulnerable to prototype pollution - CVE-2025-57352
• Remote code execution via the `pretty` option. - CVE-2021-21353
• Vite bypasses server.fs.deny when using ?raw?? - CVE-2025-30208

Tags:

npm

simplehttpserver