CVE-2017-16189 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

sly07 is an API for censoring text. sly07 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

sly07 node module

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sly07_project:sly07:0.1.2:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-0320	sly07 is an API for censoring text. sly07 is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url.
Github GHSA	GHSA-rw6j-rhw7-q94c	Directory Traversal in sly07

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/blob/master/directory-traversal/sly07
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/442

History

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Subscriptions

Sly07 Project Sly07

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

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

Updated: 2024-09-16T23:10:25.469Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-16189

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:06.147

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:08:56.897

Link: CVE-2017-16189

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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

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