mcstatic up to 0.0.20 on npm path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in mcstatic up to 0.0.20 on npm. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2018-16482. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in mcstatic up to 0.0.20 on npm. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

A server directory traversal vulnerability was found on node module mcstatic <=0.0.20 that would allow an attack to access sensitive information in the file system by appending slashes in the URL path.

The bug was discovered 06/12/2018. The weakness was released 02/01/2019 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at hackerone.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-16482 since 09/04/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1006 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 234 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Type

• NPM Package

Name

• mcstatic

Version

• 0.0.1
• 0.0.2
• 0.0.3
• 0.0.4
• 0.0.5
• 0.0.6
• 0.0.7
• 0.0.8
• 0.0.9
• 0.0.10
• 0.0.11
• 0.0.12
• 0.0.13
• 0.0.14
• 0.0.15
• 0.0.16
• 0.0.17
• 0.0.18
• 0.0.19
• 0.0.20

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