CVE-2023-26104 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

All versions of the package lite-web-server are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when an attacker sends an HTTP request and includes control characters that the decodeURI() function is unable to parse.

Published: 2023-02-25

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: < 1% Very 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

n/a

lite-web-server

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< *

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:lite-web-server_project:lite-web-server:-:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-0659	All versions of the package lite-web-server are vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) when an attacker sends an HTTP request and includes control characters that the decodeURI() function is unable to parse.
Github GHSA	GHSA-8237-3q5g-99fv	Denial of Service vulnerability in lite-web-server

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0038.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://gist.github.com/lirantal/637520812da06fffb91dd86d02ff6bde
https://github.com/chasyumen/lite-web-server/blob/main/src/WebServer.js%23L274
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-LITEWEBSERVER-3153703

History

Tue, 11 Mar 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Lite-web-server Project Lite-web-server

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2023-02-25T05:00:02.786Z

Updated: 2025-03-11T15:29:45.265Z

Reserved: 2023-02-20T10:28:48.921Z

Link: CVE-2023-26104

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T11:39:06.603Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-02-25T05:15:12.487

Modified: 2025-03-11T16:15:14.450

Link: CVE-2023-26104

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-400

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