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Run http server hosting static files with specified public dir & port

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Vulnerability Vulnerable Version
  • L
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

public is a package used for running static file hosting server with specified public dir & port. Also it supports a "direcotry index" like Apache httpd.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. It allows to embed HTML in file names, which (in certain conditions) might lead to execute malicious JavaScript.

Vulnerable Code:

// node_modules/public/bin/public, line 106:
files.forEach(function(file) {
    list.push('<li><a href="', path.join(base, file),'">', file, '</a></li>');
});

How to fix Cross-site Scripting (XSS)?

Upgrade public to version 0.1.4 or higher.

<0.1.4
  • L
Cross-site Scripting (XSS)

public is a package used for running static file hosting server with specified public dir & port. Also it supports a "direcotry index" like Apache httpd.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cross-site Scripting (XSS) attacks. It allows to embed HTML in file names, which (in certain conditions) might lead to execute malicious JavaScript.

Vulnerable Code:

// node_modules/public/bin/public, line 106:
files.forEach(function(file) {
    list.push('<li><a href="', path.join(base, file),'">', file, '</a></li>');
});

How to fix Cross-site Scripting (XSS)?

Upgrade public to version 0.1.4 or higher.

<0.1.4
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