🛡️ CVE-2019-5444 — serve-here.js

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-22 OSV
N/A
CVSS Score
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Description

Path Traversal in serve-here.js

Versions of serve-here.js prior to 1.2.0 are vulnerable to path traversal. The package fails to sanitize URLs, allowing attackers to access server files outside of the served folder using relative paths.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity none, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2019-5444 is classified as CWE-22: Path Traversal. A file path built from user input is not confined to the intended directory, letting an attacker reach files elsewhere on the filesystem.

Affected software

CVE-2019-5444 is recorded against 1 package.

  • serve-here.js

Timeline and source

Published on 22 September 2021 and last revised on 8 November 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
hackerone.com (Web)
github.com (Package)
www.npmjs.com (Web)

Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CWE CWE-22
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2021-09-22
Updated 2026-08-12
Modified 2023-11-08
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
serve-here.js — —

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