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CVE-2017-16184 Details

Description

scott-blanch-weather-app is a sample Node.js app using Express 4. scott-blanch-weather-app is vulnerable to a directory traversal issue, giving an attacker access to the filesystem by placing "../" in the url.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7.5 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/scott-blanch-weather-app CVEExploitThird Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/453 CVEThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/blob/master/directory-traversal/scott-blanch-weather-app [email protected]ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/453 [email protected]Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]
CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
scott-blanch-weather-app project scott-blanch-weather-app
1.0.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:scott-blanch-weather-app_project:scott-blanch-weather-app:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-16184
NVD Published Date:
Jun 7, 2018
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]