CVE-2018-3714 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

node-srv node module suffers from a Path Traversal vulnerability due to lack of validation of url, which allows a malicious user to read content of any file with known path.

Published: 2018-06-07

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: 8.6% 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-srv node module

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:node-srv_project:node-srv:*:*:*:*:*: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
Github GHSA	GHSA-52r9-g5g6-2hjp	Path Traversal in node-srv

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.08632.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://hackerone.com/reports/309124

History

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Subscriptions

Node-srv Project Node-srv

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

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

Updated: 2024-09-17T00:51:50.998Z

Reserved: 2017-12-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-3714

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:07.973

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:57:42.650

Link: CVE-2018-3714

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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