PT-2018-6253 · Node Security · St

Published

2018-06-07

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Updated

2019-10-09

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CVE-2017-16224

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

VectorAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: st versions prior to 1.2.2
Description: The st module for serving static files is affected by an issue where an attacker can craft a request that results in an HTTP 301 (redirect) to an entirely different domain. For example, a request for: http://some.server.com//nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e would result in a 301 to //nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e, which most browsers treat as a proper redirect. This issue can be exploited when st is serving from the root of a server (/) rather than a typical subdirectory (/static/), and the redirect URL will end with some form of URL encoded .. ("%2e%2e", "%2e.", ".%2e").
Recommendations: Update to version 1.2.2 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider configuring st to serve from a subdirectory rather than the root of the server to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Open Redirect

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16224
GHSA-72FG-JQHX-C68P

Affected Products

St