Vulnerability · Published Jan 18, 2023 · Assigned by VulDB

CVE-2020-36651youngerheart nodeserver nodeserver.js path traversal

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity path traversal in nodeserver from youngerheart. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.9% (higher than 60% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium

Exploit odds (30 days)0.9%top 39.5% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A vulnerability has been found in youngerheart nodeserver and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file nodeserver.js. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The identifier of the patch is c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bde28. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-218461 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected packages & fixed versions

Ecosystem	Package	Fixed in	Advisory
npm	web-node-server	0.0.11	GHSA-3fwq-qv5v-2wxf

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
youngerheart	nodeserver	n/a

Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

References

https://vuldb.com/?id.218461 vdb-entry, technical-description
https://vuldb.com/?ctiid.218461 signature, permissions-required
https://github.com/youngerheart/nodeserver/pull/6 issue-tracking
https://github.com/youngerheart/nodeserver/commit/c4c0f0138ab5afbac58e03915d446680421bde28 patch