Open Redirect Affecting serve-static package, versions <1.6.5>=1.7.0 <1.7.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.62% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDnpm:serve-static:20150113
  • published13 Jan 2015
  • disclosed13 Jan 2015
  • creditPierre-Élie Fauché

Introduced: 13 Jan 2015

CVE-2015-1164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-601  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

  • Update to version 1.7.2 or greater (or 1.6.5 if sticking to the 1.6.x line).
    • Disable redirects if not using the feature with 'redirect: false' option and cannot upgrade.

Overview

When using serve-static middleware version < 1.7.2 and it's configured to mount at the root, it creates an open redirect on the site.

Source: Node Security Project

Details

For example:

If a user visits http://example.com//www.google.com/%2e%2e they will be redirected to //www.google.com/%2e%2e, which some browsers interpret as http://www.google.com/%2e%2e.

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