7.5high

CVE-2017-16038

Directory Traversal in f2e-server

Also known as GHSA-g7j3-p357-cw8p

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.5%
percentile 85%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

`f2e-server` 1.12.11 and earlier is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url. This is compounded by `f2e-server` requiring elevated privileges to run.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.50% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD2.05.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
GitHub3.07.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
npmf2e-server
<1.12.12
1.12.12

Affected products

  • HackerOne f2e-server node module

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

  • github.com /shy2850/node-server/issues/10 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • github.com /shy2850/node-server/pull/12/files · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nodesecurity.io /advisories/346 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16038 · advisory
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-g7j3-p357-cw8p · advisory
  • github.com /shy2850/node-server · package
  • npmjs.com /advisories/346 · web

Sources

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