CVE-2017-16107
UNKNOWN
Published 2018-06-07T02:00:00Z
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Description
pooledwebsocket 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 `pooledwebsocket` resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor can use this vulnerability to access files outside of the intended directory root, which may result in the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system.
**Example request:**
```http
GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:foo
```
## Recommendation
Update to version 0.0.19 or later.
Affected Packages
npm
pooledwebsocket
ECOSYSTEM:
≥0
<0.0.19
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: July 24, 2018, Modified: September 13, 2023
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Published: 2018-06-07T02:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T18:13:41.674Z
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