CVE-2017-16224

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-601 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site ('Open Redirect')
Publication date:
07/06/2018
Last modified:
09/10/2019

Description

st is a module for serving static files. An attacker is able to craft a request that results in an HTTP 301 (redirect) to an entirely different domain. A request for: http://some.server.com//nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e would result in a 301 to //nodesecurity.org/%2e%2e which most browsers treat as a proper redirect as // is translated into the current schema being used. Mitigating factor: In order for this to work, st must be serving from the root of a server (/) rather than the typical sub directory (/static/) and the redirect URL will end with some form of URL encoded .. ("%2e%2e", "%2e.", ".%2e").

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:st_project:st:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* 1.2.1 (including)


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