CVE-2017-16091
UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-07T02:00:00Z
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Description
xtalk helps your browser talk to nodex, a simple web framework. xtalk is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
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Advisory Details
Affected versions of `xtalk` are vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.
**Example request:**
```http
GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:localhost
```
## Recommendation
No patch is currently available for this vulnerability, and the package has not been updated since 2014.
The best mitigation is currently to avoid using this package, and using a different, functionally equivalent package.
Affected Packages
npm
xtalk
ECOSYSTEM:
≥0.0.2
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
7.5
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: September 1, 2020, Modified: September 11, 2023
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Published: 2018-06-07T02:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T21:02:25.201Z
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