CVE-2014-10066: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

August 31, 2020 (updated January 7, 2021)

Versions less than 0.1.4 of the static file server module fancy-server are vulnerable to directory traversal. An attacker can provide input such as ../ to read files outside of the served directory.

References

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Directory_traversal_attack
github.com/advisories/GHSA-m273-wwfv-h6jp
nodesecurity.io/advisories/9
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-10066
www.npmjs.com/advisories/9

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