Information Exposure Affecting highcharts-export-server package, versions <2.1.0
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- published 14 Mar 2021
- disclosed 12 Mar 2021
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Upgrade highcharts-export-server to version 2.1.0 or higher.
Overview
highcharts-export-server is a Convert Highcharts.JS charts to static image files.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. It allows for reading and outputting files served by other services on the internal network in which the export server is hosted. If the export server is exposed to the internet, this potentially allows a malicious user to gain read access to internal web-resources.The impact is limited to internal services that serve content via. HTTP(S), and requires the attacker to know internal hostnames/IP addresses.