PT-2021-15518 · Unknown · Startserver

An Thien Nguyen · Published 2021-08-24 · Updated 2021-09-02 · CVE-2021-23430

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 startserver versions all

Description The issue is related to Directory Traversal due to missing sanitization. This allows for potential access to sensitive files and directories.

Recommendations For all versions, consider implementing proper sanitization of user input to prevent Directory Traversal attacks. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to sensitive files and directories until a proper fix is applied. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-23430

GHSA-HQV3-QQ72-78CV

SNYK-JS-STARTSERVER-1296388

Affected Products

Startserver

References · 10

• 🔥 https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-STARTSERVER-1296388 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-hqv3-qq72-78cv · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-23430 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-23430 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/xudafeng/startserver/blob/bef0c4e4d21da42a40ce87cf25fd54ac8d8cb2d8/lib/index.js%23L71 · Note
• https://github.com/xudafeng/startserver · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19976 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/27759 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/19972 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/20412 · Telegram Post