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GHSA-CQV6-7FWC-8M3C

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2020-09-01 16:44 – Updated: 2023-09-11 23:14

Summary

Directory Traversal in xtalk

Details

Affected versions of xtalk are vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.

Example request:

GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:localhost

Recommendation

No patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the package has not been updated since 2014.

The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, and using a different, functionally equivalent package.

Severity ?

7.5 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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  "modified": "2023-09-11T23:14:59Z",
  "published": "2020-09-01T16:44:59Z",
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}

CVE-2017-16091 (GCVE-0-2017-16091)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-07 02:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 21:02

Summary

xtalk helps your browser talk to nodex, a simple web framework. xtalk is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

CWE-22 - Path Traversal (CWE-22)

Assigner

hackerone

References

URL

Tags

https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/339

x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	HackerOne	xtalk node module	Affected: >=0.0.2

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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