CVE-2017-16184 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

scott-blanch-weather-app is a sample Node.js app using Express 4. scott-blanch-weather-app is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url.

Published: 2018-06-07

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

HackerOne

scott-blanch-weather-app node module

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`All versions`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:scott-blanch-weather-app_project:scott-blanch-weather-app:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2020-1143	scott-blanch-weather-app is a sample Node.js app using Express 4. scott-blanch-weather-app is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url.
Github GHSA	GHSA-jp46-fw6c-3pm9	Directory Traversal in scott-blanch-weather-app

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02005.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/scott-blanch-weather-app
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/453

History

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Subscriptions

Scott-blanch-weather-app Project Scott-blanch-weather-app

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: hackerone

Published: 2018-06-07T02:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:42:12.049Z

Reserved: 2017-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16184

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-07T02:29:05.927

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:08:56.390

Link: CVE-2017-16184

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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