Path Traversal in crud-file-server

Also known as GHSA-vfp9-gwrh-wq9g

Published 8 y ago 2018-05-29 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

7.5

v3.1 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

2.2%

percentile 82%

Public exploits

none known

crud-file-server node module before 0.9.0 suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to incorrect validation of url, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 82% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	3.1	7.5	`CVSS:3.1/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	3.1	7.5	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
npm	`crud-file-server`	<0.9.0	0.9.0

Affected products

HackerOne crud-file-server node module

Classification

Weakness

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

References

hackerone.com /reports/310690 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
github.com /omphalos/crud-file-server/commit/4fc3b404f718abb789f4ce4272c39c7a138c7a82 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2018-3733 · advisory
github.com /advisories/GHSA-vfp9-gwrh-wq9g · advisory
npmjs.com /advisories/1003 · web

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2018-3733
GitHub Advisory: GHSA-vfp9-gwrh-wq9g
NVD: CVE-2018-3733

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Summary