PT-2018-6136 · Unknown · Pooledwebsocket

Published 2018-06-07 · Updated 2019-10-09 · CVE-2017-16107

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: pooledwebsocket versions prior to 0.0.19

Description: The issue allows an attacker to access the filesystem by exploiting a directory traversal vulnerability. This can be achieved by placing "../" in the URL, enabling the attacker to access files outside of the intended directory root, potentially leading to the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system. For example, a malicious actor can send a request like "GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1" to access sensitive files.

Recommendations: Update to version 0.0.19 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive files and directories to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16107

GHSA-CFXM-4P54-5W7H

Affected Products

Pooledwebsocket

References · 7

• 🔥 https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/pooledwebsocket · Exploit
• 🔥 https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/341 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16107 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16107 · Vendor Advisory
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/341 · Note
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cfxm-4p54-5w7h · Note