{"id":"CVE-2017-16168","aliases":[],"url":"https://o3.security/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16168","summary":"Directory Traversal in wffserve","details":"Affected versions of `wffserve` 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.\n\n**Example request:**\n```http\nGET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1\nhost:foo\n```\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nNo patch is available for this vulnerability.\n\nIt is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.","published":"2020-09-01T17:31:22Z","modified":"2023-11-08T03:59:08.942824Z","cvss":{"score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"epss":null,"cisaKev":null,"exploitsKnown":null,"affectedPackages":[{"ecosystem":"npm","name":"wffserve","fixedVersion":null}],"fix":null,"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16168"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/city-weather-abe"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/wffserve"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/407"}],"provenance":{"sources":["OSV.dev","FIRST.org (EPSS)"],"lastVerified":"2023-11-08T03:59:08.942824Z"}}