Directory Traversal in static-html-server

Also known as GHSA-9j5m-873f-xh76

Published 8 y ago 2018-06-07 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.0%

percentile 81%

Public exploits

none known

static-html-server is a static file server. static-html-server is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

1.97% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 81% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	5.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`
GitHub	3.0	7.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`static-html-server`	<=0.1.2	no fix listed

Affected products

HackerOne static-html-server node module

Classification

Weakness

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

References

github.com /JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/static-html-server · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nodesecurity.io /advisories/376 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16152 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-9j5m-873f-xh76 · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/376 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-16152
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-9j5m-873f-xh76
NVD: CVE-2017-16152

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Summary