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GHSA-cqv6-7fwc-8m3c

HighCVSS 7.5 / 10
Published Sep 1, 2020·Last modified Nov 8, 2023
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

Affected versions of xtalk are vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the URL.

Example request:

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.

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information.

Threat Intelligence
6.9

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

Related Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2017-16091
    Alias
  • EUVD-2020-0988
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