CVE-2017-16083 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

node-simple-router is a minimalistic router for Node. node-simple-router is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.

Published: 2018-06-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HackerOne

node-simple-router node module

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<=0.10.0`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:node-simple-router:node-simple-router:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-0228	node-simple-router is a minimalistic router for Node. node-simple-router is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
Github GHSA	GHSA-5w8q-x7hc-jhp6	Directory Traversal in node-simple-router

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/node-simple-router
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/352

History

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Subscriptions

Node-simple-router Node-simple-router

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2018-06-07T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:13:51.663Z

Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16083

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:01.440

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:08:46.180

Link: CVE-2017-16083

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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