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GHSA-mgcp-mfp8-3q45: i18next-locize-backend has URL Injection via Unsanitized Path Parameters

April 22, 2026

Versions of i18next-locize-backend prior to 9.0.2 interpolate lng, ns, projectId, and version directly into the configured loadPath / privatePath / addPath / updatePath / getLanguagesPath URL templates with no path-component validation and no encoding. When an application exposes any of these values to user-controlled input (?lng= / ?ns= query parameters via i18next-browser-languagedetector, cookies, request headers, or a URL-derived projectId), a crafted value can change the structure of the outgoing request URL.

Affected call sites in lib/index.js (pre-patch): the interpolate() helper is used at the five URL-build sites — _readAny/read (line 415 for private, 426 for public), getLanguages (lines 271 and 296), and writePage (lines 616 and 622) for the missing-key and update POST paths. The helper interpolate in lib/utils.js substitutes raw values with no encoding.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-mgcp-mfp8-3q45
  • github.com/locize/i18next-locize-backend
  • github.com/locize/i18next-locize-backend/commit/8f81ad4707aa0e90647fde4da5fbe5b23153c6e1
  • github.com/locize/i18next-locize-backend/releases/tag/v9.0.2
  • github.com/locize/i18next-locize-backend/security/advisories/GHSA-mgcp-mfp8-3q45

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Affected versions

All versions before 9.0.2

Fixed versions

  • 9.0.2

Solution

Upgrade to version 9.0.2 or above.

Impact 6.5 MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
  • CWE-74: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Source file

npm/i18next-locize-backend/GHSA-mgcp-mfp8-3q45.yml

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