CVE-2017-16197 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

qinserve is a static file server. qinserve 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: 3.2% 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

qinserve node module

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:qinserve_project:qinserve:1.0.0:*:*:*:*: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-2020-1003	qinserve is a static file server. qinserve is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url.
Github GHSA	GHSA-cxwc-8pqp-2whw	Directory Traversal in qinserve

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 0.03191.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/qinserve
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/434

History

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Subscriptions

Qinserve Project Qinserve

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

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

Updated: 2024-09-17T02:53:09.329Z

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

Link: CVE-2017-16197

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:06.487

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:08:57.650

Link: CVE-2017-16197

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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